WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2021-24900 Modified

Ninja Tables: Cross-site scripting

Ninja Tables is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.

CVE / CNA score 4.8 CVSS · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 4.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Ninja Tables
Plugin slug
ninja-tables
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Feb 01, 2022
Weakness
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Feb 01, 2022 and is one of 15 known issues for this plugin.

Patch or disable the affected component.

Update Ninja Tables to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

Technical description

The Ninja Tables WordPress plugin before 4.1.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its table fields, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources