CVE-2021-24828
Mortgage Calculator / Loan Calculator < 1.5.17 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Mortgage Calculator / Loan Calculator WordPress plugin before 1.5.17 does not escape the some of the attributes of its mlcalc shortcode before outputting them, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform 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 Mortgage Calculator / Loan Calculator WordPress plugin before 1.5.17 does not escape the some of the attributes of its mlcalc shortcode before outputting them, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
CVE-2021-24828- 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
Mortgage Calculator / Loan Calculator < 1.5.17 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Mortgage Calculator / Loan Calculator WordPress plugin before 1.5.17 does not escape the some of the attributes of its mlcalc shortcode before outputting them, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
CVE-2021-24828- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11740 No score
The Mortgage Calculator / Loan Calculator WordPress plugin before 1.5.17 does not escape the some of the attributes of its mlcalc shortcode before outputting them, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
EUVD-2021-11740- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p5f5-cqqw-8wj2 No score
The Mortgage Calculator / Loan Calculator WordPress plugin before 1.5.17 does not escape the some...
The Mortgage Calculator / Loan Calculator WordPress plugin before 1.5.17 does not escape the some of the attributes of its mlcalc shortcode before outputting them, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
GHSA-p5f5-cqqw-8wj2- 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-2021-24828 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Mlcalc Mortgage Calculator / Loan Calculator, published January 3, 2022. 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.