CVE-2021-42547 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Insufficient Input Validation in the search functionality of Wordpress plugin Out-of-the-Box prior to 1.20.3 allows unauthenticated user to craft a reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack.

Published: 2021-12-13

Score: 4.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

WP Cloud Plugins

Out-of-the-Box

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 1.20.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpcloudplugins:out-of-the-box:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-29516	Insufficient Input Validation in the search functionality of Wordpress plugin Out-of-the-Box prior to 1.20.3 allows unauthenticated user to craft a reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00729.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.wpcloudplugins.com/wp-content/plugins/out-of-the-box/_documentation/index.html#releasenotes

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Wpcloudplugins Out-of-the-box

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: NCSC.ch

Published: 2021-12-13T10:54:33.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:38:48.826Z

Reserved: 2021-10-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-42547

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-13T11:15:10.030

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:09:48.343

Link: CVE-2021-42547

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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