The CYAN Backup WordPress plugin before 2.5.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its 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).
History

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Toolstack
Toolstack cyan Backup
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:toolstack:cyan_backup:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Toolstack
Toolstack cyan Backup

Fri, 16 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 15 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Description The CYAN Backup WordPress plugin before 2.5.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its 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).
Title CYAN Backup < 2.5.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS via General Settings
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2025-05-15T20:07:22.233Z

Updated: 2025-05-16T20:34:51.569Z

Reserved: 2024-10-08T21:02:47.189Z

Link: CVE-2024-9662

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-16T20:34:46.160Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-15T20:16:00.917

Modified: 2025-06-12T16:32:42.000

Link: CVE-2024-9662

cve-icon Redhat

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