CVE-2021-24841

MediumCVSS 4.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Helpful WordPress plugin before 4.4.59 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 17, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-24841: Medium severity, CVSS 4.8 | Vulnix