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CVE-2021-24878: SupportCandy < 2.2.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The SupportCandy WordPress plugin before 2.2.7 does not sanitise and escape the query string before outputting it back in pages with the [wpsc_create_ticket] shortcode embed, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Affected products

• SupportCandy: before 2.2.7 — fixed in 2.2.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SupportCandy 2.2.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d2f1fd60-5e5e-4e38-9559-ba2d14ae37bf
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d2f1fd60-5e5e-4e38-9559-ba2d14ae37bf

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