CVE-2021-4227 describes an improper sanitization vulnerability in the ark-commenteditor WordPress plugin (versions through 2.15.6), allowing attackers to inject iframes into comment sections via the Source editor. This enables the loading of arbitrary external content. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and resulting in low integrity impact (e.g., content defacement). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.15.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:obg:ark_wysiwyg_comment_editor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.