CVE-2021-24196 json
Social Slider Widget < 1.8.5 - Authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
published 2021-04-05 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-11110
- cvss
- 5.4
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Social Slider Widget WordPress plugin before 1.8.5 allowed Authenticated Reflected XSS in the plugin settings page as the ‘token_error’ parameter can be controlled by users and it is directly echoed without being sanitized
Patch / fix
- cm-wp social_slider_widget 1.8.5
Exploit prediction
0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb20d732-a5e4-4140-ab51-b2aa1a53db12 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- purinechu.github.io https://purinechu.github.io/posts/social_slider_widget_reflected_xss/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- Unknown Social Slider Widget
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/bb20d732-a5e4-4140-ab51-b2aa1a53db12
exploit, third-party-advisory
-
purinechu.github.io
/posts/social_slider_widget_reflected_xss/
exploit, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-24196
- NVD CVE-2021-24196
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