CVE-2021-36899 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Authenticated (admin+) Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gabe Livan's Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster plugin <= 1.3.8.4 at WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00338.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Asset Cleanup\ Subscribe	Page Speed Booster Project Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:asset_cleanup\:_page_speed_booster_project:asset_cleanup\:_page_speed_booster:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23475	Authenticated (admin+) Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gabe Livan's Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster plugin <= 1.3.8.4 at WordPress.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 1.3.8.5 or higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-asset-clean-up/wordpress-asset-cleanup-page-speed-booster-plugin-1-3-8-4-authenticated-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-asset-clean-up/#developers

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-10-11T17:02:09.977Z

Updated: 2025-02-20T19:59:30.167Z

Reserved: 2021-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-36899

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:01:59.693Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-11T18:15:09.790

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:14:16.387

Link: CVE-2021-36899

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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