What is CVE-2021-24482?

CVE-2021-24482 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Never5 Related_posts, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2021-24482?

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

Is CVE-2021-24482 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Never5 Related_posts

CVE-2021-24482

The Related Posts for WordPress plugin through 2.0.4 does not sanitise its heading_text and CSS settings, allowing high privilege users (admin) to set XSS payloads in them, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.0th 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

Never5 Related_posts
Unknown Related Posts For Wordpress — versions 2.0.4

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-2021-24482?: CVE-2021-24482 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Never5 Related_posts, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2021-24482?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24482 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.