What is CVE-2021-24470?

CVE-2021-24470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yada Wiki Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2021-24470?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24470 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Yada Wiki Project

CVE-2021-24470

The Yada Wiki WordPress plugin before 3.4.1 did not sanitise, validate or escape the anchor attribute of its shortcode, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (43.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Yada_wiki_project Yada_wiki
Unknown Yada Wiki — versions 3.4.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24470?: CVE-2021-24470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yada Wiki Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2021-24470?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24470 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.