5.4

CVE-2021-24322: delicious brains database backup for wordpress Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.4v3.1MediumModified
Published 01-06-2021Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-24322 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in delicious brains database backup for wordpress. EPSS estimates a 0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded. Fixed in 2.4.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.70%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference

Timeline

  1. 01-06-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Database Backup for WordPress plugin before 2.4 did not escape the backup_recipient POST parameter in before output it back in the attribute of an HTML tag, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.70%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

53%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.70% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.70%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (m0ze.ru)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Delicious brains1 product
Deliciousbrains1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • wp-db-backup< 2.4

3 vendors · 3 products

References

3 links