VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-24699
The Easy Media Download WordPress plugin before 1.1.7 does not escape the text argument of its shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.62%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Easy Media Download WordPress plugin before 1.1.7 does not escape the text argument of its shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.62% probability · 48th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- easy media download project/easy media download
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4f5c3f75-0501-4a1a-95ea-cbfd3fc96852Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4f5c3f75-0501-4a1a-95ea-cbfd3fc96852Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.