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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.1

CVE-2021-24316 json

Mediumish <= 1.0.47 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

published 2021-06-01 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-11230

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.4%
EPSS 6.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

The search feature of the Mediumish WordPress theme through 1.0.47 does not properly sanitise it's 's' GET parameter before output it back the page, leading to the Cross-SIte Scripting issue.

Exploit prediction

6.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template WordPress Mediumish Theme <=1.0.47 - Cross-Site Scripting nuclei detection template
  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/57e27de4-58f5-46aa-9b59-809705733b2e referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • m0ze.ru https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-03-14%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-Mediumish-WordPress-Theme-v1.0.47.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • WowThemes Mediumish

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
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References

Sources

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