CVE-2021-33851
A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack can cause arbitrary code (JavaScript) to run in a user’s...
A cross-site scripting (XSS) attack can cause arbitrary code (JavaScript) to run in a user's browser and can use an application as the vehicle for the attack. The XSS payload given in the "Custom logo link" executes whenever the user opens the Settings Page of the "Customize Login Image" Plugin.
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
A cross-site scripting (XSS) attack can cause arbitrary code (JavaScript) to run in a user's browser and can use an application as the vehicle for the attack. The XSS payload given in the "Custom logo link" executes whenever the user opens the Settings Page of the "Customize Login Image" Plugin.
- Record
CVE-2021-33851- 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
A cross-site scripting (XSS) attack can cause arbitrary code (JavaScript) to run in a user's browser and can use an application as the vehicle for the attack. The XSS payload given in the "Custom logo link" executes whenever the user opens the Settings Page of the "Customize Login Image" Plugin.
- Record
CVE-2021-33851- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-20525 No score
A cross-site scripting (XSS) attack can cause arbitrary code (JavaScript) to run in a user's browser and can use an application as the vehicle for the attack. The XSS payload given in the "Custom logo link" executes whenever the user opens the Settings Page of the "Customize Login Image" Plugin.
- Record
EUVD-2021-20525- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wwvr-r64c-3ghh
A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack can cause arbitrary code (JavaScript) to run in a user’s...
A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack can cause arbitrary code (JavaScript) to run in a user’s browser while the browser is connected to a trusted website. The attack targets your application's users and not the application itself while using your application as the attack's vehicle. The XSS payload executes whenever the user opens the login page of the WordPress application.
- Record
GHSA-wwvr-r64c-3ghh- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | WordPress Customize Login Image <3.5.3 - Cross-Site Scripting |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-33851 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Apasionados Customize Login Image, published March 9, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.32%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.