CVE-2021-24658: Erident Custom Login and Dashboard < 3.5.9 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-08-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Erident Custom Login and Dashboard WordPress plugin before 3.5.9 did not properly sanitise its settings, allowing high privilege users to use XSS payloads in them (even when the unfileted_html is disabled)

Affected products

Libin V Babu Erident Custom Login and Dashboard: before 3.5.9 — fixed in 3.5.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Libin V Babu Erident Custom Login and Dashboard 3.5.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2507516
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ec70f02b-02a1-4511-949e-68f2d9d37ca8
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2507516
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ec70f02b-02a1-4511-949e-68f2d9d37ca8

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