CVE-2021-4428

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    CVE-2021-4428

    Published: 18 Jul 2023Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability has been found in what3words Autosuggest Plugin up to 4.0.0 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function enqueue_scripts of the file w3w-autosuggest/public/class-w3w-autosuggest-public.php of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 4.0.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is named dd59cbac5f86057d6a73b87007c08b8bfa0c32ac. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-234247.

    References: https://github.com/what3words/wordpress-autosuggest-plugin/releases/tag/v4.0.1, https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.234247, https://vuldb.com/?id.234247, https://github.com/what3words/wordpress-autosuggest-plugin/commit/dd59cbac5f86057d6a73b87007c08b8bfa0c32ac, https://github.com/what3words/wordpress-autosuggest-plugin/pull/20

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -dd59cbac5f86057d6a73b87007c08b8bfa0c32ac

    Affected versions

    v4.0.0

    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
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