What is CVE-2021-24901?

CVE-2021-24901 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Securemoz Security Audit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-02-28.

How severe is CVE-2021-24901?

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

Is CVE-2021-24901 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Securemoz Security Audit

CVE-2021-24901

The Security Audit WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not sanitise and escape the Data Id setting, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.051 (91.4th 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

Securemoz Security_audit
Unknown Security Audit — versions 1.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24901?: CVE-2021-24901 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Securemoz Security Audit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-02-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-24901?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24901 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.