CVE-2021-36912
Andrea Pernici News Sitemap for Google plugin <= 1.0.16 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Andrea Pernici News Sitemap for Google plugin <= 1.0.16 on WordPress, attackers must have contributor or higher user role.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Andrea Pernici News Sitemap for Google plugin <= 1.0.16 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Andrea Pernici News Sitemap for Google plugin <= 1.0.16 on WordPress, attackers must have contributor or higher user role.
- Record
CVE-2021-36912- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-23488
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Andrea Pernici News Sitemap for Google plugin <= 1.0.16 on WordPress, attackers must have contributor or higher user role.
- Record
EUVD-2021-23488- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-phc9-m5pc-wc67
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Andrea Pernici News Sitemap for Google plugin ...
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Andrea Pernici News Sitemap for Google plugin <= 1.0.16 on WordPress, attackers must have contributor or higher user role.
- Record
GHSA-phc9-m5pc-wc67- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Andrea Pernici News Sitemap for Google plugin <= 1.0.16 on WordPress, attackers must have contributor or higher user role.
- Record
CVE-2021-36912- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-36912 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Andrea Pernici News Sitemap For Google (wordpress Plugin), published May 6, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordpress.org/plugins/google-news-sitemap
patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/google-news-sitemap/wordpress-andrea-pernici-news-sitemap-for-google-plugin-1-0-16-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36912
github.com/advisories/GHSA-phc9-m5pc-wc67