{"id":"CVE-2021-24177","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-24177","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:43:40.436Z","title":"In the default configuration of the File Manager WordPress plugin before 7.1, a Reflected XSS can occur on the endpoint /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_file_manager_properties when a payload is submitted on the User-Agent parameter.","description":"In the default configuration of the File Manager WordPress plugin before 7.1, a Reflected XSS can occur on the endpoint /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_file_manager_properties when a payload is submitted on the User-Agent parameter. The payload is then reflected back on the web application response.","published":"2021-04-05T19:15:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:39:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["filemanagerpro/file manager"],"epss":{"score":0.00898,"percentile":0.59353,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.90%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/wordpress-plugin-wp-file-manager-i/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2476829/","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1cf3d256-cf4b-4d1f-9ed8-e2cc6392d8d8","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/wordpress-plugin-wp-file-manager-i/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2476829/","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1cf3d256-cf4b-4d1f-9ed8-e2cc6392d8d8","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24177","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}