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WordPress Plugin: wp-asset-clean-up: CVE-2021-24937: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Severity

CVSS

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

Published

Jan 3, 2022

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

May 4, 2026

Description

The Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster WordPress plugin before 1.3.8.5 does not escape the wpacu_selected_sub_tab_area parameter before outputting it back in an attribute in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Solution

wp-asset-clean-up-plugin-cve-2021-24937

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24937
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f4835539-a66c-4d14-b3c3-9a3a64e89ea6?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-11849
CVE-2021-24937
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-24937
CWE-79
EUVD-EUVD-2021-11849

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