{"id":"CVE-2021-24433","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-24433","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:21:08.509Z","title":"The simple sort&search WordPress plugin through 0.0.3 does not make sure that the indexurl parameter of the shortcodes \"category_sims\", \"order_sims\", \"orderby_sims\", \"period_sims\", and \"tag_sims\" use allowed URL protocols, which can lead to stored…","description":"The simple sort&search WordPress plugin through 0.0.3 does not make sure that the indexurl parameter of the shortcodes \"category_sims\", \"order_sims\", \"orderby_sims\", \"period_sims\", and \"tag_sims\" use allowed URL protocols, which can lead to stored cross-site scripting by users with a role as low as Contributor","published":"2024-01-16T16:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:40:01.000Z","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":["yukimichi/simple sort\\&search"],"epss":{"score":0.00431,"percentile":0.3712,"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 (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ce8c786-ba82-427c-b5e7-e3b300a24c5f/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ce8c786-ba82-427c-b5e7-e3b300a24c5f/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24433","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."}