CVE-2021-24196: cm-wp social_slider_widget Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2021-24196 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in cm-wp social_slider_widget. EPSS estimates a 0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 05-04-2021PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Social Slider Widget WordPress plugin before 1.8.5 allowed Authenticated Reflected XSS in the plugin settings page as the ‘token_error’ parameter can be controlled by users and it is directly echoed without being sanitized
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.68%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
51%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.68% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (purinechu.github.io)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Cm-wp1 product
- social_slider_widget< 1.8.5
Unknown1 product
- social slider widget≥ 1.8.5, < 1.8.5
Wordpress1 product
- instagram-slider-widget< 1.8.5
3 vendors · 3 products
References
3 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb20d732-a5e4-4140-ab51-b2aa1a53db12X Refsource CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
- purinechu.github.io/posts/social_slider_widget_reflected_xss/X Refsource MISCExploitThird Party Advisory