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CVE-2021-24332

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-24332 describes a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Autoptimize WordPress plugin prior to version 2.8.4. High-privilege users could inject XSS payloads into plugin settings due to insufficient escaping and sanitization. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.8 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:autoptimize:autoptimize:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.8MEDIUM

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 Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.7
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0063 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 4,931 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

m0ze.ru / vulnerability/%5B2021-04-01%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-Autoptimize-WordPress-Plugin-v2.8.3.txt
wpscan.com / vulnerability/6678e064-ce21-4bb2-8c50-061073fb22fb
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