CVE-2021-24319
Published: 01 June 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-24319 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Bold-Themes Bello. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 37.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-11233
Vulnerability details
The Bello - Directory & Listing WordPress theme before 1.6.0 did not properly sanitise its post_excerpt parameter before outputting it back in the shop/my-account/bello-listing-endpoint/ page, leading to a Cross-Site Scripting issue
- 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.