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CVE-2021-24329WP Super Cache < 1.7.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 4.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The WP Super Cache WordPress plugin before 1.7.3 did not properly sanitise its wp_cache_location parameter in its settings, which could lead to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.
Timeline
ID reserved
By WPScan
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.4% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
- affected 1.7.3 – < 1.7.3
References
References2
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9df86d05-1408-4c22-af55-5e3d44249fd0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-03-23%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-WP-Super-Cache-WordPress-Plugin-v1.7.2.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-11242 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2021-24329)Record last updated .