CVE-2021-24578 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The SportsPress WordPress plugin before 2.7.9 does not sanitise and escape its match_day parameter before outputting back in the Events backend page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Published: 2021-12-21

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.7.9`	affected	< 2.7.9

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:themeboy:sportspress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11490	The SportsPress WordPress plugin before 2.7.9 does not sanitise and escape its match_day parameter before outputting back in the Events backend page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.008.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/69351798-c790-42d4-9485-1813cd325769

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Themeboy Sportspress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-12-21T08:45:25.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:35:20.197Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-24578

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-21T09:15:06.813

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:40:16.290

Link: CVE-2021-24578

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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