CVE-2021-24895: Cybersoldier < 1.7.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 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: 2022-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Cybersoldier WordPress plugin before 1.7.0 does not sanitise and escape the URL settings before outputting it in an attribute, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Affected products

Cybersoldier: before 1.7.0 — fixed in 1.7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cybersoldier 1.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/be7bbf4f-6f6a-4a44-bf86-2f096351ae08
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/be7bbf4f-6f6a-4a44-bf86-2f096351ae08

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