What is CVE-2021-24683?

CVE-2021-24683 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Awplife Weather Effect, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-10-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-24683?

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

Is CVE-2021-24683 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Awplife Weather Effect

CVE-2021-24683

The Weather Effect WordPress plugin before 1.3.4 does not have any CSRF checks in place when saving its settings, and do not validate or escape them, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Awplife Weather Effect
Weather Effect – Christmas Santa Snow Falling — versions 1.3.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/54f95b51-5804-4bee-9e4a-f73b8ef9bbd5 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24683?: CVE-2021-24683 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Awplife Weather Effect, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-24683?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24683 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.