CVE-2021-24533

MEDIUM
Published Aug 23, 20214y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
4.8 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Aug 23, 2021 4y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The Maintenance WordPress plugin before 4.03 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to se Cross-Site Scripting payload in them (even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed), which will be triggered in the frontend

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.8
Exploitability
1.7
Impact
2.7
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
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 1

VendorProductVersionRange
webfactoryltdmaintenance* <4.03

References 1

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/174b2119-b806-4da4-a23d-c19b552c86cb
    ExploitThird Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.