CVE-2021-24316

Mediumish <= 1.0.47 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

The search feature of the Mediumish WordPress theme through 1.0.47 does not properly sanitise it's 's' GET parameter before output it back the page, leading to the Cross-SIte Scripting issue.

Affected

WowThemes · Mediumish

CVSS v3.1 NVD

6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

6.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile

Nuclei

medium · CWE-79

Published

2021-06-01

Updated

2024-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-03-14%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-Mediumish-Wor…
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/57e27de4-58f5-46aa-9b59-809705733b2e
• ZephrFish/AutoHoneyPoC36★ · 2026-07-30

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24316.yaml

Security advisories

• https://www.wowthemes.net/themes/mediumish-wordpress

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-1350
• CVE-2020-16898
• CVE-2020-1920
• CVE-2021-22893
• CVE-2021-23388
• CVE-2021-26855