4.8

CVE-2021-24768: unknown wp rss aggregator – news feeds, autoblogging, youtube video feeds and more Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 4.8v3.1MediumModified
Published 29-11-2021Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-24768 is a medium (CVSS 4.8) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in unknown wp rss aggregator – news feeds, autoblogging, youtube video feeds and more. EPSS estimates a 0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.8/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.62%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 29-11-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The WP RSS Aggregator WordPress plugin before 4.19.2 does not properly sanitise and escape the URL to Blacklist field, allowing malicious HTML to be inserted by high privilege users even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, which could lead to Cross-Site Scripting issues.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.62%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.60% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.62%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • wp-rss-aggregator≤ 4.19.1 (fixed in 4.19.2)
Wprssaggregator1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links