CVE-2021-24427
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.8)—
The W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.1.3 did not sanitise or escape some of its CDN settings, allowing high privilege users to use JavaScript in them, which will be output in the page, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 4.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.62%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 48
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-79
- CWE-79
Referencias
- https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-04-25%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-W3-Total-Cache-WordPress-Plugin-v2.1.2.txt
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5da5ce9a-82a6-404f-8dec-795d7905b3f9
- https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-04-25%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-W3-Total-Cache-WordPress-Plugin-v2.1.2.txt
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5da5ce9a-82a6-404f-8dec-795d7905b3f9
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