Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-24287

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 14 May 2021

Published
14 May 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.2234 95.9th percentile
Risk Priority 26 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-24287 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Mooveagency Select All Categories And Taxonomies\, Change Checkbox To Radio Buttons. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 4.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The settings page of the Select All Categories and Taxonomies, Change Checkbox to Radio Buttons WordPress plugin before 1.3.2 did not properly sanitise the tab parameter before outputting it back, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

mooveagency
select all categories and taxonomies\, change checkbox to radio buttons
≤ 1.3.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

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