CVE-2021-24899
Media-Tags <= 3.2.0.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Media-Tags WordPress plugin through 3.2.0.2 does not sanitise and escape any of its Labels settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_htnl 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 Media-Tags WordPress plugin through 3.2.0.2 does not sanitise and escape any of its Labels settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_htnl capability is disallowed.
- Record
CVE-2021-24899- 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 ListNo score
Media-Tags <= 3.2.0.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Media-Tags WordPress plugin through 3.2.0.2 does not sanitise and escape any of its Labels settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_htnl capability is disallowed.
- Record
CVE-2021-24899- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11811No score
The Media-Tags WordPress plugin through 3.2.0.2 does not sanitise and escape any of its Labels settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_htnl capability is disallowed.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11811- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c34h-vxpx-r4j2No score
The Media-Tags WordPress plugin through 3.2.0.2 does not sanitise and escape any of its Labels...
The Media-Tags WordPress plugin through 3.2.0.2 does not sanitise and escape any of its Labels settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_htnl capability is disallowed.
- Record
GHSA-c34h-vxpx-r4j2- 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-2021-24899 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Media-tags Project Media-tags, published November 29, 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.