UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin < 1.6.59 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

4.8
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24423
CVSS 4.8 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 9, 2021
Last Updated December 14, 2022
Researcher Vladislav Pokrovsky

Description

The UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.6.59 does not sanitise its updraft_service settings, allowing high privilege users to set malicious JavaScript payload in it and leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug updraftplus (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.6.59, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.6.59
Patched Version
  • 1.6.59

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