What is CVE-2021-24765?

CVE-2021-24765 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getperfectsurvey Perfect Survey, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2021-24765?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24765 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Getperfectsurvey Perfect Survey

CVE-2021-24765

The Perfect Survey WordPress plugin through 1.5.2 does not validate and escape the X-Forwarded-For header value before outputting it in the statistic page when the Anonymize IP setting of a survey is turned off, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-02-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (72.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Getperfectsurvey Perfect Survey

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/4440e7ca-1a55-444d-8f6c-04153302d750 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24765?: CVE-2021-24765 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getperfectsurvey Perfect Survey, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2021-24765?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24765 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.