CVE-2021-25101
low-risk
Published 2022-02-21
The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall WordPress plugin before 4.20.94 does not sanitise and escape the POST data before outputting it back in attributes of an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site scripting. Due to the presence of specific parameter value, available to admin users, this can only be exploited by an admin against another admin user.
Do I need to act?
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0.21% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.8/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
25
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
19/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal