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CVE-2021-24509

Page View Counts < 2.4.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

EPSS 0.6%CWE-79
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS EPSS 0.6%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
09 Aug 2021Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
The Page View Count WordPress plugin before 2.4.9 does not escape the postid parameter of pvc_stats shortcode, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored XSS attacks. A post made by a contributor would still have to be approved by an admin to have the XSS triggered in the frontend, however, higher privilege users, such as editor could exploit this without the need of approval, and even when the blog disallows the unfiltered_html capability.