CVE-2021-24301: Hotjar Connecticator <= 1.1.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-05-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Hotjar Connecticator WordPress plugin through 1.1.1 is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the 'hotjar script' textarea. The request did include a CSRF nonce that was properly verified by the server and this vulnerability could only be exploited by administrator users.

Affected products

Blue Medicine Labs Hotjar Connecticator: through 1.1.1

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/eb8e2b9d-f153-49c9-862a-5c016934f9ad
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/eb8e2b9d-f153-49c9-862a-5c016934f9ad

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