Medium severity · published Sep 20, 2021
CVE-2021-24613
The Post Views Counter WordPress plugin before 1.3.5 does not sanitise or escape its Post Views Label settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site…
4.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Post Views Counter WordPress plugin before 1.3.5 does not sanitise or escape its Post Views Label settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks in the frontend even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PV
Post Views Counter · Dfactory
before 1.3.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24613
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24613
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0b8c5947-bc73-448e-8f10-a4f4456e4000
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