What is CVE-2021-24548?

CVE-2021-24548 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mimetic Books, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2021-24548?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24548 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Mimetic Books

CVE-2021-24548

The Mimetic Books WordPress plugin through 0.2.13 was vulnerable to Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the "Default Publisher ID" field on the plugin's settings page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mimetic Mimetic_books
Unknown Mimetic Books — versions 0.2.13

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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24548?: CVE-2021-24548 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mimetic Books, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2021-24548?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24548 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.