CVE-2021-24855

5.4 mediumEPSS 0.6%

Medium (5.4) in display post metadata project display post metadata. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Display Post Metadata WordPress plugin before 1.5.0 adds a shortcode to print out custom fields, however their content is not sanitised or escaped which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.4 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 2021-12-13
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

display_post_metadata_project:display_post_metadata

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/49328498-d3a0-4d27-8a52-24054b5e42f3
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/49328498-d3a0-4d27-8a52-24054b5e42f3

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