What is CVE-2021-24332?

CVE-2021-24332 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Autoptimize, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-05-24.

How severe is CVE-2021-24332?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24332 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Autoptimize

CVE-2021-24332

The Autoptimize WordPress plugin before 2.8.4 was missing proper escaping and sanitisation in some of its settings, allowing high privilege users to set XSS payloads in them, leading to stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (47.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Autoptimize
Unknown Autoptimize — versions 2.8.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24332?: CVE-2021-24332 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Autoptimize, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-05-24.
How severe is CVE-2021-24332?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24332 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.