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.

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)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.4th 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

Wptravelengine Wp_travel_engine
Unknown Wp Travel Engine – And Tour Booking Plugin — versions 5.3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

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.