CVE-2021-24699
Easy Media Download < 1.1.7 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Easy Media Download WordPress plugin before 1.1.7 does not escape the text argument of its shortcode, which could allow 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 Easy Media Download WordPress plugin before 1.1.7 does not escape the text argument of its shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
CVE-2021-24699- 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
Easy Media Download < 1.1.7 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Easy Media Download WordPress plugin before 1.1.7 does not escape the text argument of its shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
CVE-2021-24699- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11611 No score
The Easy Media Download WordPress plugin before 1.1.7 does not escape the text argument of its shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11611- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8mm8-q7j7-3x8p No score
The Easy Media Download WordPress plugin before 1.1.7 does not escape the text argument of its...
The Easy Media Download WordPress plugin before 1.1.7 does not escape the text argument of its shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
GHSA-8mm8-q7j7-3x8p- 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-2021-24699 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Easy Media Download Project Media Download, published October 25, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.