CVE-2021-24581
The Blue Admin WordPress plugin through 21.06.01 does not sanitise or escape its "Logo Title" setting before outputting in a page, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 4.1%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
The Blue Admin WordPress plugin through 21.06.01 does not sanitise or escape its "Logo Title" setting before outputting in a page, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue. Furthermore, the plugin does not have CSRF check in place when saving its settings, allowing the issue to be exploited via a CSRF attack.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.09% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 11 May 2022
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-352
- Affected
- blue-admin project/blue-admin
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
EPSS 4.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/75abd073-b45f-4fe6-8501-7a6d0163f78dExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/75abd073-b45f-4fe6-8501-7a6d0163f78dExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.