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CVE-2021-24124

MEDIUM 6.1 CVSS 3.1
Published
March 18, 2021
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

Unvalidated input and lack of output encoding in the WP Shieldon WordPress plugin, version 1.6.3 and below, leads to Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) when the CAPTCHA page is shown could lead to privileged escalation.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown WP Shieldon — From 1.6.3 (including) to 1.6.3 (including)
  • terryl wp_shieldon — Up to and including 1.6.3

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8d0eb0b4-0cc0-44e5-b720-90b01df3a6ee Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record