What is CVE-2021-25048?

CVE-2021-25048 is a medium-severity vulnerability in King-Theme Kingcomposer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2021-25048?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-25048 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in King-Theme Kingcomposer

CVE-2021-25048

The KingComposer WordPress plugin through 2.9.6 does not have authorisation, CSRF and sanitisation/escaping when creating profile, allowing any authenticated users to create arbitrary ones, with Cross-Site Scripting payloads in them

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

King-theme Kingcomposer
Unknown Page Builder: Kingcomposer – Free Drag And Drop Builder By King-theme — versions 2.9.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-25048?: CVE-2021-25048 is a medium-severity vulnerability in King-Theme Kingcomposer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2021-25048?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-25048 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.