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WordPress Plugin: workscout-core: CVE-2021-24246: 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

Apr 8, 2021

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 29, 2026

Description

The Workscout Core WordPress plugin before 1.3.4, used by the WorkScout Theme did not sanitise the chat messages sent via the workscout_send_message_chat AJAX action, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Frame Scripting issues

Solution

workscout-core-plugin-cve-2021-24246

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24246
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3785938d-d55a-487d-8709-2d3bdd4b8c0f?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-11160
CVE-2021-24246
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-24246
CWE-79
EUVD-EUVD-2021-11160

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