The Passster – Password Protection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 3.5.5.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page
CVE-2021-24837 is a medium severity with CVSS 6.4 Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content. It affects Versions up to 3.5.5.7 and is fixed in 3.5.5.8.
CVE-2021-24837 is tracked for the Plugin Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content as medium severity with CVSS 6.4. The affected range is Versions up to 3.5.5.7. Update Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content to 3.5.5.8 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
content-protector
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2021-24837 |
| Patched Versions |
3.5.5.8
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 3.5.5.7
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content <= 4.2.24 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Passster <= 4.2.18 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Passster <= 4.2.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via content_protector Shortcode
Passster <= 4.2.19 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure
Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content <= 4.2.10 - Unauthenticated Content Restriction Bypass to Sensitive Information Exposure
Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content <= 4.2.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure
Passster <= 3.5.5.8 - Missing Authentication leading to Sensitive Information Disclosure (Private Post Leakage)
Passster <= 3.5.5.5.1 - Insecure Password Storage to Sensitive Data Exposure
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