What is CVE-2021-24576?

CVE-2021-24576 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Techearty Easy Accordion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-10-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-24576?

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

Is CVE-2021-24576 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Techearty Easy Accordion

CVE-2021-24576

The Easy Accordion WordPress plugin before 2.0.22 does not properly sanitize inputs when adding new items to an accordion.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-10-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Techearty Easy Accordion
Easy Accordion – Best Faq Plugin For WordPress — versions 2.0.22

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/4d0c60d1-db5a-4c4f-9bdb-669975ac7210 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24576?: CVE-2021-24576 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Techearty Easy Accordion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-24576?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24576 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.