CVE-2021-24830
Advanced Access Manager < 6.8.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Advanced Access Manager WordPress plugin before 6.8.0 does not escape some of its settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Advanced Access Manager WordPress plugin before 6.8.0 does not escape some of its settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
CVE-2021-24830- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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
Advanced Access Manager < 6.8.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Advanced Access Manager WordPress plugin before 6.8.0 does not escape some of its settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
CVE-2021-24830- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11742 No score
The Advanced Access Manager WordPress plugin before 6.8.0 does not escape some of its settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
EUVD-2021-11742- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h54q-fpvg-vhq5
The Advanced Access Manager WordPress plugin before 6.8.0 does not escape some of its settings...
The Advanced Access Manager WordPress plugin before 6.8.0 does not escape some of its settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
GHSA-h54q-fpvg-vhq5- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - 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-2021-24830 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Aam Advanced Access Manager, published November 23, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.68%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.