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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-4244

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in yikes-inc-easy-mailchimp-extender Plugin up to 6.8.5. This affects an unknown part of the file admin/partials/ajax/add_field_to_form.php. The manipulation of the argument field_name/merge_tag/field_type/list_id leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 6.8.6 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 3662c6593aa1bb4286781214891d26de2e947695. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215307.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:58 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-4244

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Dec 2022, 14:15 UTC

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in yikes-inc-easy-mailchimp-extender Plugin up to 6.8.5. This affects an unknown part of the file admin/partials/ajax/add_field_to_form.php. The manipulation of the argument field_name/merge_tag/field_type/list_id leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 6.8.6 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 3662c6593aa1bb4286781214891d26de2e947695. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215307.

osv:CVE-2021-4244
Complete source record
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    "summary": "A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in yikes-inc-easy-mailchimp-extender Plugin up to 6.8.5. This affects an unknown part of the file admin/partials/ajax/add_field_to_form.php. The manipulation of the argument field_name/merge_tag/field_type/list_id leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 6.8.6 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 3662c6593aa1bb4286781214891d26de2e947695. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215307.",
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        "https://github.com/EvanHerman/yikes-inc-easy-mailchimp-extender/commit/3662c6593aa1bb4286781214891d26de2e947695",
        "https://github.com/EvanHerman/yikes-inc-easy-mailchimp-extender/pull/889"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2022-12-12T14:15:10.4+00:00"
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