Security advisory

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  "id": "12e81092a70313ea94222905b54ce51241baa15144b35bc78d194f1b00e00462",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24366",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-24366",
    "summary": "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 perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-24366",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-24366",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-24366"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/codepress/admin-columns",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "23fc67a4aae9461c1945ef16f31708988deb6bf9"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "b45571ed21d574d13687213a5002e0c68e4442c7"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:admincolumns:admin_columns:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "4.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
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                    "range": [
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
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              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.2.7",
            "4.2.6",
            "4.2.5",
            "4.2.4",
            "4.2.3",
            "4.2.2",
            "4.2.1",
            "4.2",
            "4.1.9",
            "4.1.8",
            "4.1.7",
            "4.1.6",
            "4.1.5",
            "4.1.4",
            "4.1.2",
            "4.1.1",
            "4.1.0",
            "4.0.3",
            "4.0.2",
            "4.0.1",
            "4.0",
            "3.4.8",
            "3.4.7",
            "3.4.6",
            "3.4.5",
            "3.4.4",
            "3.4.3",
            "3.4.2",
            "3.4.1",
            "3.4",
            "3.3.1",
            "3.3",
            "3.2.7",
            "3.2.6",
            "3.2.5",
            "3.2.4",
            "3.2.3",
            "3.2.2",
            "3.2.1",
            "3.2",
            "3.1.10",
            "3.1.9",
            "3.1.8",
            "3.1.7",
            "3.1.6",
            "3.1.5",
            "3.1.4",
            "3.1.3",
            "3.1.2",
            "3.1.1",
            "3.0.7",
            "3.0.6",
            "3.0.5",
            "3.0.1",
            "3.0",
            "2.5.6.3",
            "2.5.5",
            "2.5.3",
            "2.5.1",
            "2.5",
            "2.4.9",
            "2.4.8",
            "2.4.7",
            "2.4.2",
            "2.4.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-24366.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:33.012404339Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/codepress/admin-columns/commit/b45571ed21d574d13687213a5002e0c68e4442c7",
        "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05427156-4d5c-4aeb-add8-1c574fda5c28",
        "https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-24366"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:admincolumns:admin_columns:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "admincolumns:admin_columns",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "fixed": "5.5.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-24366",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385553,
  "published_at": "2021-06-21T20:15:08.49+00:00"
}