CVE-2021-42365 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asgaros Forums WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to and including 1.15.13. This flaw allows administrative users to inject malicious web scripts via the 'name' parameter in multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 4.8, the vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) and user interaction (UI:R) for exploitation, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.15.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:asgaros:asgaros_forum:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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