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CVE-2021-42365:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The vulnerability CVE-2021-42365 is an Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Asgaros Forums WordPress plugin in versions up to and including 1.15.13. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on November 29, 2021 (Wordfence Advisories).
Technical details
This vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 4.8, with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C. The vulnerability allows attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts into the system (Wordfence Advisories).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated users with administrative access to perform stored cross-site scripting attacks, potentially affecting other users who access the compromised forum pages (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update their Asgaros Forums plugin to a version newer than 1.15.13 to address this vulnerability (Wordfence Advisories).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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