XSS in Sanskruti St-Daily-Tip
CVE-2021-24487
The St-Daily-Tip WordPress plugin through 4.7 does not have any CSRF check in place when saving its 'Default Text to Display if no tips' setting, and was also lacking sanitisation as well as escaping before outputting it the page. This could allow attacker to make logged in administrators set a malicious payload in it, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (48.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sanskruti St-Daily-Tip
- St-Daily-Tip — versions 4.7
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/def352f8-1bbe-4263-ad1a-1486140269f4 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-24487?
- CVE-2021-24487 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sanskruti St-Daily-Tip, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-10-25.
- How severe is CVE-2021-24487?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-24487 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.