CVE-2021-24445 json
My Site Audit <= 1.2.4 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
published 2021-08-16 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-11357
- cvss
- 5.5
- 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 51%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The My Site Audit WordPress plugin through 1.2.4 does not sanitise or escape the Audit Name field when creating an audit, allowing high privilege users to set JavaScript payloads in them, even when he unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
Exploit prediction
0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d60634a3-ca39-43be-893b-ff9ba625360f referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/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 My Site Audit
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/d60634a3-ca39-43be-893b-ff9ba625360f
exploit, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-24445
- NVD CVE-2021-24445
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