CVE-2021-24373 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-24373

WP Hardening < 1.2.2 - Reflected XSS via historyvalue

Vulnerability Description

The WP Hardening – Fix Your WordPress Security WordPress plugin before 1.2.2 did not sanitise or escape the historyvalue GET parameter before outputting it in a Javascript block, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • dc11

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

WP Hardening – Fix Your WordPress Security
Vulnerable Versions:
1.2.2

Timeline

Official Publish: June 21st, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)