CVE-2021-24508: The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 2.19.2 does not sanitise or escape the feedID POST parameter in its feed_locator AJAX action (available to both authenticated and unauthentic

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The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 2.19.2 does not sanitise or escape the feedID POST parameter in its feed_locator AJAX action (available to both authenticated and unauthentic

Package
smash-balloon-social-post-feed (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.19.2
Fixed in
2.19.2
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (71.3th percentile)
Published
2021-09-13
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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