CVE-2021-24366: The Admin Columns WordPress plugin before 4.3 and Admin Columns Pro WordPress plugin before 5.5.1 do not sanitise and escape its Label settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to

medium Affects admin-columns (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Admin Columns WordPress plugin before 4.3 and Admin Columns Pro WordPress plugin before 5.5.1 do not sanitise and escape its Label settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to

Package
admin-columns (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<4.3 or <5.5.1
Fixed in
5.5.1
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (62.6th percentile)
Published
2021-06-21
Source
nvd

References

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