What is CVE-2021-24734?

CVE-2021-24734 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tipsandtricks-Hq Compact Wp Audio Player, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-10-18.

How severe is CVE-2021-24734?

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

Is CVE-2021-24734 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Tipsandtricks-Hq Compact Wp Audio Player

CVE-2021-24734

The Compact WP Audio Player WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 does not escape some of its shortcodes attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.5th 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 Compact_wp_audio_player
Unknown Compact Wp Audio Player — versions 1.9.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

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-2021-24734?: CVE-2021-24734 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tipsandtricks-Hq Compact Wp Audio Player, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-24734?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24734 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.