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CVE-2021-24176: JH 404 Logger <= 1.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-04-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The JH 404 Logger WordPress plugin through 1.1 doesn't sanitise the referer and path of 404 pages, when they are output in the dashboard, which leads to executing arbitrary JavaScript code in the WordPress dashboard.

Affected products

• JH 404 Logger: through 1.1

References

• https://ganofins.com/blog/my-first-cve-2021-24176/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/705bcd6e-6817-4f89-be37-901a767b0585
• https://ganofins.com/blog/my-first-cve-2021-24176/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/705bcd6e-6817-4f89-be37-901a767b0585

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