CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2021-24334 — Connekthq Instant Images - One Click Unsplash Uploads security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.4

The Instant Images – One Click Unsplash Uploads WordPress plugin before 4.4.0.1 did not properly validate and sanitise its unsplash_download_w and unsplash_download_h parameter settings (/wp-admin/upload.php?page=instant-images), only validating them client side before saving them, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.4 (3.1)
Published
2021-06-01
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
php/wordpress
Weaknesses
CWE-79

Affected products

  • connekthq / instant_images_-_one_click_unsplash_uploads

Matched remediation archetype

Cross-site scripting and unsafe browser output

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Check exposure

  • Trace reflected, stored, and DOM-derived untrusted values into HTML, attributes, URLs, styles, scripts, and client-side template sinks.
  • Identify affected origins, authenticated user roles, sensitive browser capabilities, and where content is shared across tenants.
  • Review framework escaping, rich-text sanitization, legacy templates, and client-side rendering paths.

Remediate safely

  • Use context-aware framework output encoding and safe DOM APIs; keep untrusted data out of executable contexts.
  • Sanitize intentionally supported markup with a maintained allowlist policy and validate URLs and attributes separately.
  • Update affected rendering components and add tests for every output context using inert sentinel markup.

Authoritative sources

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