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WordPress Plugin: autoptimize: CVE-2021-24332: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Published

May 7, 2021

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Autoptimize WordPress plugin before 2.8.4 was missing proper escaping and sanitisation in some of its settings, allowing high privilege users to set XSS payloads in them, leading to stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

Solution

autoptimize-plugin-cve-2021-24332

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24332
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be24d47e-4880-4d7f-9be2-cf8eb1afe888?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-11245
CVE-2021-24332
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-24332
CWE-79
EUVD-EUVD-2021-11245

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