CVE-2021-24904: Mortgage Calculators WP < 1.56 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-02-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Mortgage Calculators WP WordPress plugin before 1.56 does not implement any sanitisation on the color setting of the background of a calculator, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Affected products

Lenderd Mortgage Calculators WP: before 1.56 — fixed in 1.56

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Lenderd Mortgage Calculators WP 1.56. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b80f89b-e724-41c5-aa03-21d1eef50f21
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b80f89b-e724-41c5-aa03-21d1eef50f21

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