What is CVE-2021-24958?

CVE-2021-24958 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mekshq Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2021-24958?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24958 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Mekshq Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget

CVE-2021-24958

The Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget WordPress plugin before 1.2.4 does not have capability and CSRF checks in the meks_save_business_selected_account AJAX action, available to any authenticated user, and does not escape some of the settings. As a result, any authenticated user, such as subscriber could update the plugin's settings and put Cross-Site Scripting payloads in them

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (44.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Mekshq Meks_easy_photo_feed_widget
Unknown Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget — versions 1.2.4

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-2021-24958?: CVE-2021-24958 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mekshq Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2021-24958?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24958 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.