What is CVE-2021-24773?

CVE-2021-24773 is a medium-severity vulnerability in W3eden Download Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-11-01.

How severe is CVE-2021-24773?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24773 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in W3eden Download Manager

CVE-2021-24773

The WordPress Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.16 does not escape some of the Download settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform XSS attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.028 (84.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

W3eden Download_manager
Unknown Wordpress Download Manager — versions 3.2.16

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-2021-24773?: CVE-2021-24773 is a medium-severity vulnerability in W3eden Download Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-11-01.
How severe is CVE-2021-24773?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24773 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.