What is CVE-2021-24502?

CVE-2021-24502 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Weplugins Wp Maps, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-08-09.

How severe is CVE-2021-24502?

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

Is CVE-2021-24502 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Weplugins Wp Maps

CVE-2021-24502

The WP Google Map WordPress plugin before 1.7.7 did not sanitise or escape the Map Title before outputting them in the page, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue by high privilege users, even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.2th 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

Weplugins Wp_maps
Unknown Maps Plugin Using Google For Wordpress – Wp Map — versions 1.7.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24502?: CVE-2021-24502 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Weplugins Wp Maps, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-08-09.
How severe is CVE-2021-24502?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24502 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.