CVE-2021-24298
Simple Giveaways < 2.36.2 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
The method and share GET parameters of the Giveaway pages were not sanitised, validated or escaped before being output back in the pages, thus leading to reflected XSS
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The method and share GET parameters of the Giveaway pages were not sanitised, validated or escaped before being output back in the pages, thus leading to reflected XSS
- Record
CVE-2021-24298- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Simple Giveaways < 2.36.2 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
The method and share GET parameters of the Giveaway pages were not sanitised, validated or escaped before being output back in the pages, thus leading to reflected XSS
- Record
CVE-2021-24298- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11212 No score
The method and share GET parameters of the Giveaway pages were not sanitised, validated or escaped before being output back in the pages, thus leading to reflected XSS
- Record
EUVD-2021-11212- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jw46-grq7-cw4w No score
The method and share GET parameters of the Giveaway pages were not sanitised, validated or...
The method and share GET parameters of the Giveaway pages were not sanitised, validated or escaped before being output back in the pages, thus leading to reflected XSS
- Record
GHSA-jw46-grq7-cw4w- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | WordPress Simple Giveaways <2.36.2 - 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-2021-24298 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Ibenic Simple Giveaways, published May 24, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.45%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.