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medium 4.8

CVE-2021-24427 json

W3 Total Cache < 2.1.3 - Authenticated Stored XSS

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-11339

cvss
4.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • boldgrid w3_total_cache 2.1.3

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Exploit prediction

0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5da5ce9a-82a6-404f-8dec-795d7905b3f9 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • BoldGrid W3 Total Cache

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
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References

Sources

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