CVE-2021-24180 is a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Related Posts for WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.0.4. It arises from unvalidated input and a lack of output encoding in the 'lang' GET parameter when editing a post. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited by an attacker with low privileges, requiring user interaction (accessing a malicious URL), and resulting in low impact to confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:never5:related_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.