CVE-2021-34665 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP SEO Tags WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the saq_txt_the_filter parameter in the ~/wp-seo-tags.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 2.2.7.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wp Seo Tags Project	Wp Seo Tags

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp_seo_tags_project:wp_seo_tags:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-seo-tags/trunk/wp-seo-tags.php#L378
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-34665

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2021-08-16T18:22:46.073571Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:38:18.107Z

Reserved: 2021-06-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-34665

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-16T19:15:15.507

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:10:55.450

Link: CVE-2021-34665

Redhat

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