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CVE-2021-24935

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—

The WP Google Fonts WordPress plugin before 3.1.5 does not escape the googlefont_ajax_name and googlefont_ajax_family parameter of the googlefont_action AJAx action (available to any authenticated user) before outputing them in attributes, leading Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

WP Google Fonts Project — WP Google Fonts

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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