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.

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)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Sanskruti St-daily-tip
Unknown St-daily-tip — versions 4.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

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.