XSS in Wptravelengine Wp Travel Engine
CVE-2021-24680
The WP Travel Engine WordPress plugin before 5.3.1 does not escape the Description field in the Trip Destination/Activities/Trip Type and Pricing Category pages, allowing users with a role as low as editor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
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 (46.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.8% 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
- Wptravelengine Wp Travel Engine
- Wp Travel Engine – And Tour Booking Plugin — versions 5.3.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/30f2a0d5-7959-436c-9860-2535020e82d3 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-24680?
- CVE-2021-24680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wptravelengine Wp Travel Engine, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-01-03.
- How severe is CVE-2021-24680?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-24680 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.