What is CVE-2021-24658?

CVE-2021-24658 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Erident Custom Login And Dashboard Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-08-23.

How severe is CVE-2021-24658?

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

Is CVE-2021-24658 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Erident Custom Login And Dashboard Project

CVE-2021-24658

The Erident Custom Login and Dashboard WordPress plugin before 3.5.9 did not properly sanitise its settings, allowing high privilege users to use XSS payloads in them (even when the unfileted_html is disabled)

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.3th 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

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 (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24658?: CVE-2021-24658 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Erident Custom Login And Dashboard Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2021-24658?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24658 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.