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CVE-2020-24316 Details

Description

WP Plugin Rednumber Admin Menu v1.1 and lower does not sanitize the value of the "role" GET parameter before echoing it back out to the user. This results in a reflected XSS vulnerability that attackers can exploit with a specially crafted URL.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu/ CVERelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://zeroaptitude.com/zerodetail/wordpress-plugin-bug-hunting-part-1/ CVEExploitThird Party AdvisoryURL Repurposed
https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu/ [email protected]Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://zeroaptitude.com/zerodetail/wordpress-plugin-bug-hunting-part-1/ [email protected]ExploitThird Party AdvisoryURL Repurposed

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
admin menu project admin menu
<= 1.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:admin_menu_project:admin_menu:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-24316
NVD Published Date:
Aug 26, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-24316 Details - Not Deferred