What is CVE-2021-24466?

CVE-2021-24466 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Verse-O-Matic Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2021-24466?

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

Is CVE-2021-24466 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Verse-O-Matic Project

CVE-2021-24466

The Verse-O-Matic WordPress plugin through 4.1.1 does not have any CSRF checks in place, allowing attackers to make logged in administrators do unwanted actions, such as add/edit/delete arbitrary verses and change the settings. Due to the lack of sanitisation in the settings and verses, this could also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (34.4th 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

Verse-o-matic_project Verse-o-matic
Unknown Verse-o-matic — versions 4.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24466?: CVE-2021-24466 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Verse-O-Matic Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2021-24466?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24466 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.