Is CVE-2021-24833 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-24833 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-24833?

CVE-2021-24833 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-24833?

CVE-2021-24833 has an EPSS score of 1.09% (61th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24833?

Upgrade yop poll to 6.3.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-24833

MEDIUM

5.4

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The YOP Poll WordPress plugin before 6.3.1 is affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, which exists in the Admin preview module where a user with a role as low as author is allowed to execute arbitrary script code within the context of the application. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of question and answer text parameters in Create Poll module.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

yop pollNVD

Affected:< 6.3.1Fixed in:6.3.1CVE-2021-24833derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.09%probability of exploitation in 30 days

61stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 61% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

plugins.trac.wordpress.org

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.