What is CVE-2021-24304?

CVE-2021-24304 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tagdiv Newsmag, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-08-09.

How severe is CVE-2021-24304?

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

Is CVE-2021-24304 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Tagdiv Newsmag

CVE-2021-24304

The Newsmag WordPress theme before 5.0 does not sanitise the td_block_id parameter in its td_ajax_block AJAX action, leading to an unauthenticated Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.9th 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

Tagdiv Newsmag
Unknown Newsmag — versions 5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24304?: CVE-2021-24304 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tagdiv Newsmag, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-08-09.
How severe is CVE-2021-24304?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24304 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.