XSS in Community Events Project
CVE-2021-24496
The Community Events WordPress plugin before 1.4.8 does not sanitise, validate or escape its importrowscount and successimportcount GET parameters before outputting them back in an admin page, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue which will be executed in the context of a logged in administrator
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.008 (53.8th 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
- Community_events_project Community_events
- Unknown Community Events — versions 1.4.8
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-2021-24496?
- CVE-2021-24496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Community Events Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-08-02.
- How severe is CVE-2021-24496?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-24496 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.