XSS in Boxystudio Cooked

CVE-2021-24233

The Cooked Pro WordPress plugin before 1.7.5.6 was affected by unauthenticated reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues, due to improper sanitisation of user input while being output back in pages as an arbitrary attribute.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.017 (75.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24233?
CVE-2021-24233 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Boxystudio Cooked, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-24233?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24233 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.