CVE-2021-24856
The Shared Files WordPress plugin before 1.6.61 does not sanitise and escape the Download Counter Text settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.67%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Shared Files WordPress plugin before 1.6.61 does not sanitise and escape the Download Counter Text settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.67% probability · 52th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- tammersoft/shared files
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
EPSS 0.7% 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.
References
- https://mikadmin.fr/tech/XSS-Stored-Shared-Files-a837703ad010d111be11ffdf478aa6114F0lK656bV.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8fd483fb-d399-4b4f-b4ef-bbfad1b5cf1bExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://mikadmin.fr/tech/XSS-Stored-Shared-Files-a837703ad010d111be11ffdf478aa6114F0lK656bV.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8fd483fb-d399-4b4f-b4ef-bbfad1b5cf1bExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.