What is CVE-2021-24992?

CVE-2021-24992 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Buttonizer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2021-24992?

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

Is CVE-2021-24992 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Buttonizer

CVE-2021-24992

The Smart Floating / Sticky Buttons WordPress plugin before 2.5.5 does not sanitise and escape some parameter before outputting them in attributes and page, 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: 0.006 (45.1th 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

Buttonizer
Unknown Smart Floating / Sticky Buttons – Call, Sharing, Chat Widgets & More Buttonizer — versions 2.5.5

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-2021-24992?: CVE-2021-24992 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Buttonizer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2021-24992?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24992 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.