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CVE-2021-24329

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-24329 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP Super Cache WordPress plugin, affecting versions prior to 1.7.3. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) arises from improper sanitization of the wp_cache_location parameter, allowing an authenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts into the website. While the potential impact includes information disclosure and defacement, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:automattic:wp_super_cache:*:*:*:*:*: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
3.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0330 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 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/%5B2021-03-23%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-WP-Super-Cache-WordPress-Plugin-v1.7.2.txt
wpscan.com / vulnerability/9df86d05-1408-4c22-af55-5e3d44249fd0
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