CVE-2021-42547 describes a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search functionality of the Wordpress plugin "Out-of-the-Box" versions prior to 1.20.3. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts into a user's browser by crafting a specially designed URL, requiring user interaction to trigger. While the potential impact includes limited confidentiality and integrity compromise, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.20.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpcloudplugins:out-of-the-box:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.