CVE-2021-24697
Simple Download Monitor < 3.9.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 does not escape the 1) sdm_active_tab GET parameter and 2) sdm_stats_start_date/sdm_stats_end_date POST parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues
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 Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 does not escape the 1) sdm_active_tab GET parameter and 2) sdm_stats_start_date/sdm_stats_end_date POST parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues
- Record
CVE-2021-24697- 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 Download Monitor < 3.9.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 does not escape the 1) sdm_active_tab GET parameter and 2) sdm_stats_start_date/sdm_stats_end_date POST parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues
- Record
CVE-2021-24697- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11609 No score
The Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 does not escape the 1) sdm_active_tab GET parameter and 2) sdm_stats_start_date/sdm_stats_end_date POST parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues
- Record
EUVD-2021-11609- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2pc3-m7w9-6vv5 No score
The Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 does not escape the 1) sdm_active_tab...
The Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 does not escape the 1) sdm_active_tab GET parameter and 2) sdm_stats_start_date/sdm_stats_end_date POST parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues
- Record
GHSA-2pc3-m7w9-6vv5- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24697 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Mra13 Simple Download Monitor, published November 8, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.83%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.