CVE-2021-24366

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    CVE-2021-24366

    Published: 21 Jun 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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)

    References: https://github.com/codepress/admin-columns/commit/b45571ed21d574d13687213a5002e0c68e4442c7, https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05427156-4d5c-4aeb-add8-1c574fda5c28, https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-24366

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -23fc67a4aae9461c1945ef16f31708988deb6bf9

    Affected versions

    4.2.7
    4.2.6
    4.2.5
    4.2.4
    4.2.3
    4.2.2
    4.2.1
    4.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2021-24366 | CVE-DB