What is CVE-2021-24558?

CVE-2021-24558 is a medium-severity vulnerability in 3.7designs Project Status, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-08-23.

How severe is CVE-2021-24558?

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

Is CVE-2021-24558 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in 3.7designs Project Status

CVE-2021-24558

The pspin_duplicate_post_save_as_new_post function of the Project Status WordPress plugin through 1.6 does not sanitise, validate or escape the post GET parameter passed to it before outputting it in an error message when the related post does not exist, leading to a reflected XSS issue

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.2th 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

3.7designs Project_status
Unknown Project Status — versions 1.6

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-2021-24558?: CVE-2021-24558 is a medium-severity vulnerability in 3.7designs Project Status, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2021-24558?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24558 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.