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CVE-2021-23150: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

An Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages plugin versions 1.0.77.31 and below. The vulnerability was identified on December 11, 2021, and was assigned CVE-2021-23150. The issue affects websites using the vulnerable versions of this WordPress plugin (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS severity score of 4.8, indicating a low severity impact. The vulnerability requires authentication with admin or higher privileges to exploit. The issue was discovered by researcher Nguyen Anh Tien (Patchstack).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would then be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability was fixed in version 1.0.77.32 of the AMP for WP plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.0.77.32 or later to remove the vulnerability. The fix was released shortly after the vulnerability was discovered (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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