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CVE-2021-25071: Akismet Privacy Policies <= 2.0.1 - 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: 2022-03-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WordPress plugin through 2.0.1 does not sanitise and escape the translation parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Affected products

• Akismet Privacy Policies: through 2.0.1

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/53085936-fa07-4f00-a7dc-bbe98c51320e
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/53085936-fa07-4f00-a7dc-bbe98c51320e

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