CVE-2021-24421
WP JobSearch < 1.7.4 - Authenticated Stored XSS
The WP JobSearch WordPress plugin before 1.7.4 did not sanitise or escape multiple of its parameters from the my-resume page before outputting them in the page, allowing low privilege users to use JavaScript payloads in them and leading 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 JobSearch WordPress plugin before 1.7.4 did not sanitise or escape multiple of its parameters from the my-resume page before outputting them in the page, allowing low privilege users to use JavaScript payloads in them and leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
- Record
CVE-2021-24421- 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 JobSearch < 1.7.4 - Authenticated Stored XSS
The WP JobSearch WordPress plugin before 1.7.4 did not sanitise or escape multiple of its parameters from the my-resume page before outputting them in the page, allowing low privilege users to use JavaScript payloads in them and leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
- Record
CVE-2021-24421- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11333 No score
The WP JobSearch WordPress plugin before 1.7.4 did not sanitise or escape multiple of its parameters from the my-resume page before outputting them in the page, allowing low privilege users to use JavaScript payloads in them and leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
- Record
EUVD-2021-11333- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q4j4-vw28-779r No score
The WP JobSearch WordPress plugin before 1.7.4 did not sanitise or escape multiple of its...
The WP JobSearch WordPress plugin before 1.7.4 did not sanitise or escape multiple of its parameters from the my-resume page before outputting them in the page, allowing low privilege users to use JavaScript payloads in them and leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
- Record
GHSA-q4j4-vw28-779r- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24421 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Unknown Wp Jobsearch, published July 12, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.63%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wpscan.com/vulnerability/b378d36d-66d9-4373-a628-e379e4766375
m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-05-19%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-WP-JobSearch-WordPress-Plugin-v1.7.3.txt
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24421
github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4j4-vw28-779r