# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2021-36845"
idYear: 2021
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2021-09-27T15:36:56.716Z"
updatedAt: "2026-04-28T16:07:34.322Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:32.228Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-36845"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-36845.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-36845"
title: "YITH Maintenance Mode (WordPress plugin) \u003c= 1.3.8 - Multiple Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities"
summary: "Multiple Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in YITH Maintenance Mode (WordPress plugin) versions \u003c= 1.3.8, there are 46 vulnerable parameters that were missed by the vendor while patching the 1.3.7 version to 1.3.8. Vulnerable parameters: 1 - \"Newsletter\" tab, &yith_maintenance_newsletter_submit_label parameter: payload should start with a single quote (') symbol to break the context, i.e.: NOTIFY ME' autofocus onfocus=alert(/Visse/);// v=' - this payload will be auto triggered while admin visits this page/tab. 2 - \"General\" tab issues, vulnerable parameters: &yith_maintenance_message, &yith_maintenance_custom_style, &yith_maintenance_mascotte, &yith_maintenance_title_font[size], &yith_maintenance_title_font[family], &yith_maintenance_title_font[color], &yith_maintenance_paragraph_font[size], &yith_maintenance_paragraph_font[family], &yith_maintenance_paragraph_font[color], &yith_maintenance_border_top. 3 - \"Background\" tab issues, vulnerable parameters: &yith_maintenance_background_image, &yith_maintenance_background_color. 4 - \"Logo\" tab issues, vulnerable parameters: &yith_maintenance_logo_image, &yith_maintenance_logo_tagline, &yith_maintenance_logo_tagline_font[size], &yith_maintenance_logo_tagline_font[family], &yith_maintenance_logo_tagline_font[color]. 5 - \"Newsletter\" tab issues, vulnerable parameters: &yith_maintenance_newsletter_email_font[size], &yith_maintenance_newsletter_email_font[family], &yith_maintenance_newsletter_email_font[color], &yith_maintenance_newsletter_submit_font[size], &yith_maintenance_newsletter_submit_font[family], &yith_maintenance_newsletter_submit_font[color], &yith_maintenance_newsletter_submit_background, &yith_maintenance_newsletter_submit_background_hover, &yith_maintenance_newsletter_title, &yith_maintenance_newsletter_action, &yith_maintenance_newsletter_email_label, &yith_maintenance_newsletter_email_name, &yith_maintenance_newsletter_submit_label, &yith_maintenance_newsletter_hidden_fields. 6 - \"Socials\" tab issues, vulnerable parameters: &yith_maintenance_socials_facebook, &yith_maintenance_socials_twitter, &yith_maintenance_socials_gplus, &yith_maintenance_socials_youtube, &yith_maintenance_socials_rss, &yith_maintenance_socials_skype, &yith_maintenance_socials_email, &yith_maintenance_socials_behance, &yith_maintenance_socials_dribble, &yith_maintenance_socials_flickr, &yith_maintenance_socials_instagram, &yith_maintenance_socials_pinterest, &yith_maintenance_socials_tumblr, &yith_maintenance_socials_linkedin."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"\u003c= 1.3.8","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"1.3.8"}],"vendor":"YITH","product":"YITH Maintenance Mode (WordPress plugin)"}]

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