CVE-2021-24372 describes a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP Hardening – Fix Your WordPress Security plugin prior to version 1.2.2. This flaw arises from insufficient sanitization of the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] before its output, allowing an attacker to inject malicious scripts. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and can lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts (C:L, I:L). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:getastra:wp_hardening:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.