CVE-2021-24771

MEDIUM 4.8CVE-2021-24771 · Published 13/12/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-24771 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.8) vulnerability affecting inspirational quote rotator (inspirational quote rotator project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.62%, higher than 49.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
inspirational quote rotator inspirational_quote_rotator_project	`≤ 1.0.0`	No fix yet

Description

The Inspirational Quote Rotator WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not sanitize and escape some of its quote fields when adding/editing a quote as admin, leading to Stored Cross-Site scripting issues when the quote is output in the "Quotes list" even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/a6d57fda-79a7-4bf8-b18e-8cf0a4efd1b3 · Exploit

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