CVE-2021-24922: Pixel Cat Lite < 2.6.2 - CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 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: 2021-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Pixel Cat WordPress plugin before 2.6.2 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, and did not sanitise as well as escape some of them, which could allow attacker to make a logged in admin change them and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affected products

Pixel Cat – Conversion Pixel Manager: before 2.6.2 — fixed in 2.6.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Pixel Cat – Conversion Pixel Manager 2.6.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/399ffd65-f3c0-4fbe-a83a-2a620976aad2
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/399ffd65-f3c0-4fbe-a83a-2a620976aad2

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