What is CVE-2021-24665?

CVE-2021-24665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tipsandtricks-Hq Wp Video Lightbox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-08-30.

How severe is CVE-2021-24665?

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

Is CVE-2021-24665 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Tipsandtricks-Hq Wp Video Lightbox

CVE-2021-24665

The WP Video Lightbox WordPress plugin before 1.9.3 does not escape the attributes of its shortcodes, allowing users with a role as low as contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.0th 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

Tipsandtricks-hq Wp_video_lightbox
Unknown Wp Video Lightbox — versions 1.9.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24665?: CVE-2021-24665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tipsandtricks-Hq Wp Video Lightbox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-08-30.
How severe is CVE-2021-24665?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24665 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.