CVE-2021-25048 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the KingComposer WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 2.9.6. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.4) allows any authenticated user to create arbitrary profiles containing XSS payloads due to missing authorization, CSRF protection, and input sanitization. While the attack requires user interaction (UI:R), successful exploitation could lead to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L, I:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.9.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:king-theme:kingcomposer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.