CVE-2021-23174 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Authenticated (admin+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in Download Monitor WordPress plugin (versions <= 4.4.6) Vulnerable parameters: &post_title, &downloadable_file_version[0].

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wpchill	Download Monitor

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpchill:download_monitor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/download-monitor/wordpress-download-monitor-plugin-4-4-6-authenticated-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	Authenticated (admin+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in Download Monitor WordPress plugin (versions <= 4.4.6) Vulnerable parameters: &post_title, &downloadable_file_version[0].	Authenticated (admin+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in Download Monitor WordPress plugin (versions <= 4.4.6) Vulnerable parameters: &post_title, &downloadable_file_version[0].

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-01-28T19:09:52.936Z

Updated: 2025-02-20T20:32:18.863Z

Reserved: 2022-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-23174

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:05:55.604Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-28T20:15:10.797

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:51:19.563

Link: CVE-2021-23174

Redhat

No data.

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