XSS in Supportcandy

CVE-2021-24880

The SupportCandy WordPress plugin before 2.2.7 does not validate and escape the page attribute of its shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-24880: held from 0.006 to 0.006.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Supportcandy
  • Supportcandy – Helpdesk & Support Ticket System — versions 2.2.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24880?
CVE-2021-24880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Supportcandy, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2021-24880?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24880 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.