Insert Pages < 3.7.0 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Insert Pages WordPress plugin before 3.7.0 adds a shortcode that prints out other pages' content and custom fields. It can be used by users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks by storing the payload/s in another post's custom fields.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Insert Pages | 3.7.0 to before 3.7.0 | 3.7.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- Insert Pages VendorUnknown Affected 3.7.0 to before 3.7.0 Fixed in 3.7.0 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:insert_pages_project:insert_pages:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 3.7.0 | Vulnerable | Insert Pages Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:insert_pages_project:insert_pages:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 3.7.0 Vulnerable ·Insert Pages Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Insert Pages (Unknown) Fixed in 3.7.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Insert Pages 3.7.0
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2021-07133 Insert Pages < 3.7.0 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Posts/Pages AccessPriority LOW 22
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-24850
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qg2h-c753-hvx6
- 2026-11-04 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Insert Pages Project Insert Pages vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-04098 Insert Pages < 3.7.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2017-13759 The insert-pages plugin before 3.2.4 for WordPress has directory traversal via custom template paths. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2021-07133 Insert Pages < 3.7.0 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Posts/Pages Access CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2021-24850 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-24850 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qg2h-c753-hvx6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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