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CVE-2021-24533: The Maintenance WordPress plugin before 4.03 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to se Cross-Site Scripting payload in them (even when the unf

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

The Maintenance WordPress plugin before 4.03 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to se Cross-Site Scripting payload in them (even when the unf

Package
maintenance (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<4.03
Fixed in
4.03
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (49.4th percentile)
Published
2021-08-23
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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