VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2021-24243
CVSS score5.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.70%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-05-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
An AJAX action registered by the WPBakery Page Builder (Visual Composer) Clipboard WordPress plugin before 4.5.6 did not have capability checks nor sanitization, allowing low privilege users (subscriber+) to call it and set XSS payloads, which will be triggered in all backend pages.
Weakness classification
- contact@wpscan.com: CWE-79
Primary references
- contact@wpscan.com — Product, Third Party Advisory
- contact@wpscan.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Product, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory