CVE-2021-24298

MEDIUM 6.1CVE-2021-24298 · Published 24/05/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-24298 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting simple giveaways (ibenic).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.5%, higher than 89.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.36.2 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
simple giveaways ibenic	`< 2.36.2`	`2.36.2`

Description

The method and share GET parameters of the Giveaway pages were not sanitised, validated or escaped before being output back in the pages, thus leading to reflected XSS

References

codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-giveasap-xss · Exploit
wpscan.com/vulnerability/30aebded-3eb3-4dda-90b5-12de5e622c91 · Exploit

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