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CVE-2021-24482

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-24482 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Related Posts for WordPress plugin up to version 2.0.4. High-privilege users (administrators) can inject XSS payloads into the "heading_text" and "CSS" settings due to insufficient input sanitization. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability requires administrative access and user interaction for exploitation, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:never5:related_posts:*:*:*:*:*: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
0.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0069 is in the 86th 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/%5B2021-04-18%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-Related-Posts-for-WordPress-WordPress-Plugin-v2.0.4.txt
wpscan.com / vulnerability/2f86e418-22fd-4cb8-8de1-062b17cf20a7
ExploitThird Party Advisory