# CVE-2021-24588: SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce < 3.4.7 Authenticated Cross Site Scripting

> Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts into the SMS Alert Order Notifications plugin settings page, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Sep 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-22px-9px7-pc64

## What is CVE-2021-24588?

CVE-2021-24588 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce, published on 6 Sep 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The SMS Alert Order Notifications WordPress plugin before 3.4.7 is affected by a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the plugin's setting page.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24588?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cozyvision Sms Alert Order Notifications.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24588?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24588 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24588 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24588 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce

- [CVE-2024-13553](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13553/): SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce <= 3.7.9 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover/Privilege Escalation (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-47682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47682/): WordPress SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce plugin <= 3.8.1 - SQL Injection Vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-26988](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26988/): WordPress SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce plugin <= 3.7.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-3876](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3876/): Privilege escalation in SMS Alert – SMS & OTP for WooCommerce, Order Notifications & Abandoned Cart Recovery (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-11725](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11725/): Missing authorization in SMS Alert – SMS & OTP for WooCommerce, Order Notifications & Abandoned Cart Recovery (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24588 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24588 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce, published on 6 Sep 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24588 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce. 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-2021-24588/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24588/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24588
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24588
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24588

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24588/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.