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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-24496 · published 2 August 2021

CVE-2021-24496: Community events project community events cross-site scripting vulnerability

Community Events Project · Community Events

The Community Events WordPress plugin before 1.4.8 does not sanitise, validate or escape its importrowscount and successimportcount GET parameters before outputting them back in an admin page, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue which will be executed in the context of a logged in administrator

6.1 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.83% · top 44.2% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.3
0.83%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The Community Events WordPress plugin before 1.4.8 does not sanitise, validate or escape its importrowscount and successimportcount GET parameters before outputting them back in an admin page, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue which will be executed in the context of a logged in administrator

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5fd1cb7f-a036-4c5b-9557-0ffd4ef6b834 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5fd1cb7f-a036-4c5b-9557-0ffd4ef6b834 ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-24496), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.