myStickymenu <= 2.5.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

4.8
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24425
CVSS 4.8 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 21, 2021
Last Updated January 20, 2023
Researcher Vladislav Pokrovsky (ΞX.MI) - Independent AppSec Researcher

Description

The Floating Notification Bar, Sticky Menu on Scroll, and Sticky Header for Any Theme – myStickymenu WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 does not sanitise or escape its Bar Text settings, allowing hight privilege users to use malicious JavaScript in it, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue, which will be triggered in the plugin's setting, as well as all front-page of the blog (when the Welcome bar is active)

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Vulnerability Details for Floating Notification Bar, Sticky Menu on Scroll, Announcement Banner, and Sticky Header for Any Theme – My Sticky Bar (formerly myStickymenu)

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug mystickymenu (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.5.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.5.2
Patched Version
  • 2.5.2

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