CVE-2021-24541
Wonder PDF Embed < 1.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
The Wonder PDF Embed WordPress plugin before 1.7 does not escape parameters of its wonderplugin_pdf shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored XSS 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 Wonder PDF Embed WordPress plugin before 1.7 does not escape parameters of its wonderplugin_pdf shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored XSS attacks.
- Record
CVE-2021-24541- 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
Wonder PDF Embed < 1.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
The Wonder PDF Embed WordPress plugin before 1.7 does not escape parameters of its wonderplugin_pdf shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored XSS attacks.
- Record
CVE-2021-24541- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11453 No score
The Wonder PDF Embed WordPress plugin before 1.7 does not escape parameters of its wonderplugin_pdf shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored XSS attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11453- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-43h7-jcr7-fh3r No score
The Wonder PDF Embed WordPress plugin before 1.7 does not escape parameters of its...
The Wonder PDF Embed WordPress plugin before 1.7 does not escape parameters of its wonderplugin_pdf shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored XSS attacks.
- Record
GHSA-43h7-jcr7-fh3r- 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-2021-24541 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Unknown Wonder Pdf Embed, published August 16, 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.