What is CVE-2021-24543?

CVE-2021-24543 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jquery-Reply-To-Comment Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2021-24543?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24543 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Jquery-Reply-To-Comment Project

CVE-2021-24543

The jQuery Reply to Comment WordPress plugin through 1.31 does not have any CSRF check when saving its settings, nor sanitise or escape its 'Quote String' and 'Reply String' settings before outputting them in Comments, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (33.1th 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

Jquery-reply-to-comment_project Jquery-reply-to-comment
Unknown Jquery Reply To Comment — versions 1.31

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24543?: CVE-2021-24543 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jquery-Reply-To-Comment Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2021-24543?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24543 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.