CVE-2021-24329
WP Super Cache < 1.7.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
The WP Super Cache WordPress plugin before 1.7.3 did not properly sanitise its wp_cache_location parameter in its settings, which could lead to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.
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 WP Super Cache WordPress plugin before 1.7.3 did not properly sanitise its wp_cache_location parameter in its settings, which could lead to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.
- Record
CVE-2021-24329- 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
WP Super Cache < 1.7.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
The WP Super Cache WordPress plugin before 1.7.3 did not properly sanitise its wp_cache_location parameter in its settings, which could lead to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.
- Record
CVE-2021-24329- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11242 No score
The WP Super Cache WordPress plugin before 1.7.3 did not properly sanitise its wp_cache_location parameter in its settings, which could lead to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11242- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w7f6-m3xq-9982 No score
The WP Super Cache WordPress plugin before 1.7.3 did not properly sanitise its wp_cache_location...
The WP Super Cache WordPress plugin before 1.7.3 did not properly sanitise its wp_cache_location parameter in its settings, which could lead to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.
- Record
GHSA-w7f6-m3xq-9982- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The WP Super Cache WordPress plugin before 1.7.3 did not properly sanitise its wp_cache_location parameter in its settings, which could lead to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.
- Record
CVE-2021-24329- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24329 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Automattic Wp Super Cache, published June 1, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.46%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wpscan.com/vulnerability/9df86d05-1408-4c22-af55-5e3d44249fd0
m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-03-23%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-WP-Super-Cache-WordPress-Plugin-v1.7.2.txt
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24329
github.com/advisories/GHSA-w7f6-m3xq-9982