CVE-2021-24685 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the Flat Preloader WordPress plugin prior to version 1.5.4. It stems from a lack of nonce checks and improper sanitization/escaping of settings, allowing a logged-in administrator to be tricked into saving Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) payloads. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to low impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L), with no impact on availability (A:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:flat_preloader_project:flat_preloader:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.