CVE-2021-24176
JH 404 Logger <= 1.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
The JH 404 Logger WordPress plugin through 1.1 doesn't sanitise the referer and path of 404 pages, when they are output in the dashboard, which leads to executing arbitrary JavaScript code in the WordPress dashboard.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The JH 404 Logger WordPress plugin through 1.1 doesn't sanitise the referer and path of 404 pages, when they are output in the dashboard, which leads to executing arbitrary JavaScript code in the WordPress dashboard.
- Record
CVE-2021-24176- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
JH 404 Logger <= 1.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
The JH 404 Logger WordPress plugin through 1.1 doesn't sanitise the referer and path of 404 pages, when they are output in the dashboard, which leads to executing arbitrary JavaScript code in the WordPress dashboard.
- Record
CVE-2021-24176- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11090 No score
The JH 404 Logger WordPress plugin through 1.1 doesn't sanitise the referer and path of 404 pages, when they are output in the dashboard, which leads to executing arbitrary JavaScript code in the WordPress dashboard.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11090- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w784-3vvf-4384 No score
The JH 404 Logger WordPress plugin through 1.1 doesn't sanitise the referer and path of 404 pages...
The JH 404 Logger WordPress plugin through 1.1 doesn't sanitise the referer and path of 404 pages, when they are output in the dashboard, which leads to executing arbitrary JavaScript code in the WordPress dashboard.
- Record
GHSA-w784-3vvf-4384- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | WordPress JH 404 Logger <=1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24176 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Jh 404 Logger Project 404 Logger, published April 5, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.04%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.