CVE-2021-24672
One User Avatar < 2.3.7 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The One User Avatar WordPress plugin before 2.3.7 does not escape the link and target attributes of its shortcode, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
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 One User Avatar WordPress plugin before 2.3.7 does not escape the link and target attributes of its shortcode, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
CVE-2021-24672- 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
One User Avatar < 2.3.7 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The One User Avatar WordPress plugin before 2.3.7 does not escape the link and target attributes of its shortcode, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
CVE-2021-24672- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11584 No score
The One User Avatar WordPress plugin before 2.3.7 does not escape the link and target attributes of its shortcode, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
EUVD-2021-11584- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4f2g-r3q6-6v29 No score
The One User Avatar WordPress plugin before 2.3.7 does not escape the link and target attributes...
The One User Avatar WordPress plugin before 2.3.7 does not escape the link and target attributes of its shortcode, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
GHSA-4f2g-r3q6-6v29- 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-2021-24672 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Onedesigns One User Avatar, published October 18, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.65%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.