What is CVE-2021-25015?

CVE-2021-25015 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mycred, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-01-24.

How severe is CVE-2021-25015?

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

Is CVE-2021-25015 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Mycred

CVE-2021-25015

The myCred WordPress plugin before 2.4 does not sanitise and escape the search query before outputting it back in the history dashboard page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-01-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mycred
Mycred – Points, Rewards, Gamification, Ranks, Badges & Loyalty Plugin — versions 2.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/7608829d-2820-49e2-a10e-e93eb3005f68 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2648350/mycred (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-25015?: CVE-2021-25015 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mycred, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-01-24.
How severe is CVE-2021-25015?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-25015 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.