CVE-2021-24246

WorkScout Core < 1.3.4 - Authenticated Stored XSS & XFS

5.4 Medium

The Workscout Core WordPress plugin before 1.3.4, used by the WorkScout Theme did not sanitise the chat messages sent via the workscout_send_message_chat AJAX action, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Frame Scripting issues

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

0.66%Unchanged since May 7, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.4

Record: CVE-2021-24246
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 3.5 LowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

WorkScout Core < 1.3.4 - Authenticated Stored XSS & XFS

Record: CVE-2021-24246
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2021-11160 No score

Record: EUVD-2021-11160
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2236-w2hm-xc9j No score

The Workscout Core WordPress plugin before 1.3.4, used by the WorkScout Theme did not sanitise...

Record: GHSA-2236-w2hm-xc9j
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-24246 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Purethemes Workscout, published May 5, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.66%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.