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)

EPSS: 0.004 (32.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

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.