CVE-2021-24841

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    CVE-2021-24841

    Published: 17 Nov 2021Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Helpful WordPress plugin before 4.4.59 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

    References: https://mikadmin.fr/tech/XSS-Stored-Helpful-5b10bc7f40ab319f9797eb4abad4f420660.pdf, https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/55d11acf-8c47-40da-be47-24f74fd7566e

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -ad7b2985282dd9948c8df00703d5f382d5df3216

    Affected versions

    4.4.58
    4.4.57
    4.4.56
    4.4.55
    4.4.54
    4.4.53
    4.4.52
    4.4.51
    4.4.50
    4.4.49
    4.4.48
    4.4.47
    4.4.46
    4.4.45
    4.4.44
    4.4.43
    4.4.42
    4.4.41
    4.4.40
    4.4.39
    4.4.38
    4.4.37
    4.4.35
    4.4.34
    4.4.33
    4.4.32
    4.4.31
    4.4.30
    4.4.29
    4.4.28
    4.4.27
    4.4.26
    4.4.25
    4.4.24
    4.4.23
    4.4.22
    4.4.21
    4.4.20
    4.4.19
    4.4.18
    4.4.17
    4.4.16
    4.4.15
    4.4.14
    4.4.13
    4.4.12
    4.4.11
    4.4.10
    4.4.9
    4.4.8
    4.4.7
    4.4.6
    4.4.5
    4.4.4
    4.4.3
    4.4.2
    4.4.1
    4.4.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2021-24841 | CVE-DB