What is CVE-2021-24261?

CVE-2021-24261 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hasthemes Ht Mega, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-05-05.

How severe is CVE-2021-24261?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24261 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Hasthemes Ht Mega

CVE-2021-24261

The “HT Mega – Absolute Addons for Elementor Page Builder” WordPress Plugin before 1.5.7 has several widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, all via a similar method.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Hasthemes Ht_mega
Unknown Ht Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor Page Builder — versions 1.5.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
contact@wpscan.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24261?: CVE-2021-24261 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hasthemes Ht Mega, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-05-05.
How severe is CVE-2021-24261?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24261 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.