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CVE-2021-24338: Pods < 2.7.27 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-06-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields WordPress plugin before 2.7.27 was vulnerable to an Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) security vulnerability within the 'Singular Label' field parameter.

Affected products

• sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields: before 2.7.27 — fixed in 2.7.27

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 2.7.27. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d5b015f3-90c7-4d51-a71d-630d60965151
• https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-24338
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d5b015f3-90c7-4d51-a71d-630d60965151
• https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-24338

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