CVE-2021-24315
Published: 17 May 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-24315 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Givewp Givewp. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 37.9% 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-11229
Vulnerability details
The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform WordPress plugin before 2.10.4 did not sanitise or escape the Background Image field of its Stripe Checkout Setting and Logo field in its Email settings, leading to authenticated (admin+) Stored XSS issues.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.