What is CVE-2021-24801?

CVE-2021-24801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Survey Plus Project, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-11-08.

How severe is CVE-2021-24801?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24801 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wp Survey Plus Project

CVE-2021-24801

The WP Survey Plus WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not have any authorisation and CSRF checks in place in its AJAX actions, allowing any user to call them and add/edit/delete Surveys. Furthermore, due to the lack of sanitization in the Surveys' Title, this could also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

Published 2021-11-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (37.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.0% 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

Wp Survey Plus Project
Wp Survey Plus — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/78405609-2105-4011-b18e-1ba5f438972d (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24801?: CVE-2021-24801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Survey Plus Project, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-11-08.
How severe is CVE-2021-24801?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24801 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.