CVE-2021-24485

4.8 mediumEPSS 0.6%

Medium (4.8) in wp-special-textboxes project wp-special-textboxes. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Special Text Boxes WordPress plugin before 5.9.110 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

4.8 medium

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

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 49% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2021-10-25
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

wp-special-textboxes_project:wp-special-textboxes

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a6b278a-4c11-4624-86bf-754212979643
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a6b278a-4c11-4624-86bf-754212979643

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