# CVE-2021-24445: My Site Audit <= 1.2.4 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

> High-privilege users can inject JavaScript via the Audit Name field in the My Site Audit plugin, leading to stored XSS.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Aug 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9x8r-8v3j-4x8m

## What is CVE-2021-24445?

CVE-2021-24445 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown My Site Audit, published on 16 Aug 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The My Site Audit WordPress plugin through 1.2.4 does not sanitise or escape the Audit Name field when creating an audit, allowing high privilege users to set JavaScript payloads in them, even when he unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24445?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Draftpress My Site Audit.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24445?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24445 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24445 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24445 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24445 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24445 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown My Site Audit, published on 16 Aug 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24445 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown My Site Audit. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24445/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24445/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24445
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24445
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24445

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24445/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.