What is CVE-2021-24445?

CVE-2021-24445 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Draftpress My Site Audit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2021-24445?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24445 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Draftpress My Site Audit

CVE-2021-24445

The My Site Audit WordPress plugin through 1.2.4 does not sanitise or escape the Audit Name field when creating an audit, allowing high privilege users to set JavaScript payloads in them, even when he unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Draftpress My_site_audit
Unknown My Site Audit — versions 1.2.4

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-2021-24445?: CVE-2021-24445 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Draftpress My Site Audit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2021-24445?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24445 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.