{"id":"CVE-2021-24693","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-24693","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:25:46.984Z","title":"The Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 does not escape the \"File Thumbnail\" post meta before outputting it in some pages, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.","description":"The Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 does not escape the \"File Thumbnail\" post meta before outputting it in some pages, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. Given the that XSS is triggered even when the Download is in a review state, contributor could make JavaScript code execute in a context of a reviewer such as admin and make them create a rogue admin account, or install a malicious plugin","published":"2021-11-08T18:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:40:45.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["tipsandtricks-hq/simple download monitor"],"epss":{"score":0.01282,"percentile":0.69858,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4bb559b7-8dde-4c90-a9a6-d8dcfbea53a7","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4bb559b7-8dde-4c90-a9a6-d8dcfbea53a7","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24693","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."}