Client Invoicing By Sprout Invoices
CVE-2021-24787
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 4.8 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, high privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
The Client Invoicing by Sprout Invoices WordPress plugin before 19.9.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. The Client Invoicing by Sprout Invoices WordPress plugin before 19.9.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed Affected products include: Webventures Client Invoicing By Sprout Invoices. Version information: before 19.9.7.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
The Client Invoicing by Sprout Invoices WordPress plugin before 19.9.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Sprout Invoices Client Invoicing versions 20.8.9 and earlier contain a local file inclusion vulnerability in PHP that al
Missing authorization controls in the Client Invoicing by Sprout Invoices WordPress plugin (versions through 20.8.13) al
BoldGrid Client Invoicing by Sprout Invoices versions 20.8.10 and earlier fails to enforce authorization controls, allow
Client Invoicing by Sprout Invoices versions up to and including 20.8.17 exposes an unauthenticated Insecure Direct Obje
GitHub PoC
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