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CVE-2021-24196

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-24196 describes an Authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Social Slider Widget WordPress plugin prior to version 1.8.5. An authenticated attacker could inject malicious scripts into the plugin settings page due to improper sanitization of the 'token_error' parameter. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) requires user interaction and authenticated access, potentially leading to information disclosure or limited impact on integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cm-wp:social_slider_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

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 Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0068 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 15,224 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

purinechu.github.io / posts/social_slider_widget_reflected_xss
ExploitThird Party Advisory
wpscan.com / vulnerability/bb20d732-a5e4-4140-ab51-b2aa1a53db12
ExploitThird Party Advisory