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CVE-2021-24538: Current Book <= 1.0.1 - 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: 2021-08-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Current Book WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not sanitize user input when an authenticated user adds Author or Book Title, then does not escape these values when outputting to the browser leading to an Authenticated Stored XSS Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Affected products

• Current Book: through 1.0.1

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f9911a43-0f4c-403f-9fca-7822eb693317
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f9911a43-0f4c-403f-9fca-7822eb693317

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