CVE-2021-24241 (GCVE-0-2021-24241)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-22 21:00
Modified
2024-08-03 19:21
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Summary
The Advanced Custom Fields Pro WordPress plugin before 5.9.1 did not properly escape the generated update URL when outputting it in an attribute, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue in the update settings page.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Advanced Custom Fields Pro Version: 5.9.1   < 5.9.1
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