CVE-2021-36851 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Authenticated (editor or higher user role) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Web-Settler Testimonial Slider – Free Testimonials Slider Plugin (WordPress plugin) via parameters mpsp_posts_bg_color, mpsp_posts_description_color, mpsp_slide_nav_button_color.

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 None

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
Web-settler	Testimonial Slider

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:web-settler:testimonial_slider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/testimonial-add/wordpress-testimonial-slider-plugin-3-5-8-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
https://wordpress.org/plugins/testimonial-add/#developers

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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-04-04T19:46:18.797Z

Updated: 2025-02-20T20:28:44.030Z

Reserved: 2021-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-36851

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:01:59.753Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-04-04T20:15:09.487

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:14:11.787

Link: CVE-2021-36851

Redhat

No data.

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