What is CVE-2021-24298?

CVE-2021-24298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibenic Simple Giveaways, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-05-24.

How severe is CVE-2021-24298?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24298 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Ibenic Simple Giveaways

CVE-2021-24298

The method and share GET parameters of the Giveaway pages were not sanitised, validated or escaped before being output back in the pages, thus leading to reflected XSS

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-05-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.035 (88.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ibenic Simple Giveaways
Igor Benic Simple Giveaways – Grow Your Business, Email Lists And Traffic With Contests — versions 2.36.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/30aebded-3eb3-4dda-90b5-12de5e622c91 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-giveasap-xss/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24298?: CVE-2021-24298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibenic Simple Giveaways, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-05-24.
How severe is CVE-2021-24298?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24298 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.