CVE-2021-24939: LoginWP < 3.0.0.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-12-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect) WordPress plugin before 3.0.0.5 does not sanitise and escape the rul_login_url and rul_logout_url parameter before outputting them back in attributes in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Affected products

LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect): before 3.0.0.5 — fixed in 3.0.0.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect) 3.0.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1a46cfec-24ad-4619-8579-f09bbd8ee748
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1a46cfec-24ad-4619-8579-f09bbd8ee748

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