What is CVE-2021-24937?

CVE-2021-24937 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Asset Cleanup\ Page Speed Booster Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2021-24937?

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

Is CVE-2021-24937 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Asset Cleanup\ Page Speed Booster Project

CVE-2021-24937

The Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster WordPress plugin before 1.3.8.5 does not escape the wpacu_selected_sub_tab_area parameter before outputting it back in an attribute in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Asset_cleanup\ _Page_speed_booster_project — versions asset_cleanup\
Unknown Asset Cleanup: Page Speed Booster — versions 1.3.8.5

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-2021-24937?: CVE-2021-24937 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Asset Cleanup\ Page Speed Booster Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2021-24937?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24937 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.