CVE-2021-24496 json
Community Event < 1.4.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
published 2021-08-02 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-11408
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.8%
- EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Community Events WordPress plugin before 1.4.8 does not sanitise, validate or escape its importrowscount and successimportcount GET parameters before outputting them back in an admin page, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue which will be executed in the context of a logged in administrator
Patch / fix
- community_events_project community_events 1.4.8
Exploit prediction
0.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5fd1cb7f-a036-4c5b-9557-0ffd4ef6b834 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
- Unknown Community Events
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/5fd1cb7f-a036-4c5b-9557-0ffd4ef6b834
exploit, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-24496
- NVD CVE-2021-24496
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