CVE-2021-24246

MEDIUM

Published May 6, 20215y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

5.4 CVSS 3.1

Medium

Published May 6, 2021 5y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The Workscout Core WordPress plugin before 1.3.4, used by the WorkScout Theme did not sanitise the chat messages sent via the workscout_send_message_chat AJAX action, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Frame Scripting issues

CVSS Details

Base Score

5.4

Exploitability

2.3

Impact

2.7

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

User Interaction Required

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

Availability None

Threat Intelligence

No active exploitation signals — not in CISA KEV and no EPSS score yet.

Exploit & Patch Status

Public Exploit Known

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection

Affected Products 2

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
purethemes	workscout	*	<2.0.33
purethemes	workscout_core	*	<1.3.4

References 2

m0ze.ru https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-02-10%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-WorkScout-WordPress-Theme-v2.0.33.txt
wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2365a9d0-f6f4-4602-9804-5af23d0cb11d

ExploitThird Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.