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CVE-2021-24605: Custom Post View Generator <= 0.4.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

• 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: 2021-09-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The create_post_page AJAX action of the Custom Post View Generator WordPress plugin through 0.4.6 (available to authenticated user) does not sanitise or escape user input before outputting it back in the response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site issue

Affected products

• Custom Post View Generator: through 0.4.6

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e0be384c-3e63-49f6-b2ab-3024dcd88686
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e0be384c-3e63-49f6-b2ab-3024dcd88686

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