CVE-2021-24973

Site Reviews < 5.17.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: January 3, 2022 at 12:49 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:41 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSite Reviews

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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

The Site Reviews WordPress plugin before 5.17.3 does not sanitise and escape the site-reviews parameter of the glsr_action AJAX action (available to unauthenticated and any authenticated users), allowing them to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admins viewing the Tool dashboard of the plugin

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%
v < 5.17.3
Affected range stops below 5.17.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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