MEDIUM
Admin Columns Free < 4.3 & Pro < 5.5.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS in Label
Published Jun 21, 2021
5.4
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.00%
Description
The Admin Columns WordPress plugin before 4.3 and Admin Columns Pro WordPress plugin before 5.5.1 do not sanitise and escape its Label settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Admin Columns Defaultunaffected
- Version 3.0StatusaffectedConstraints<4.3
- Version
- Vendor n/a Product Admin Columns Pro Defaultunaffected
- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<5.5.1
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Admin Columns | unaffected |
| ||||||
| n/a | Admin Columns Pro | unaffected |
|
OR
- < 4.3
- < 5.5.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (3)
- https://github.com/codepress/admin-columns/commit/b45571ed21d574d13687213a5002e0c68e4442c7 patch
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05427156-4d5c-4aeb-add8-1c574fda5c28 exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionThird Party Advisory
- https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-24366 ExploitThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/codepress/admin-columns/commit/b45571ed21d574d13687213a5002e0c68e4442c7 | patch | |
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05427156-4d5c-4aeb-add8-1c574fda5c28 | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-24366 | ExploitThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner WPScan
Published Jun 21, 2021
Updated May 5, 2025
Reserved Jan 14, 2021
Link CVE-2021-24366
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Apr 23, 2025