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CVE-2021-24578: SportsPress < 2.7.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 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: 2021-12-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The SportsPress WordPress plugin before 2.7.9 does not sanitise and escape its match_day parameter before outputting back in the Events backend page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Affected products

• themeboy SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager: before 2.7.9 — fixed in 2.7.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: themeboy SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager 2.7.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/69351798-c790-42d4-9485-1813cd325769
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/69351798-c790-42d4-9485-1813cd325769

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