# CVE-2021-24983: Asset CleanUp < 1.3.8.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via AJAX Action

> An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of an admin user via unsanitized AJAX parameters in the Asset CleanUp WordPress plugin.

- **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:** 1 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7fw2-wgp8-f9rj

## What is CVE-2021-24983?

CVE-2021-24983 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster, published on 1 Feb 2022. 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 Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster WordPress plugin before 1.3.8.5 does not sanitise and escape POSted parameters sent to the wpassetcleanup_fetch_active_plugins_icons AJAX action (available to admin users), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24983?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Asset Cleanup\  Page Speed Booster Project.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24983?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24983 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24983 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24983 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster

- [CVE-2021-24937](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24937/): Asset CleanUp < 1.3.8.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2021-36899](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36899/): Cross-site scripting in Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster (WordPress plugin) (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24983 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24983 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster, published on 1 Feb 2022. 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-2021-24983 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster. 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-2021-24983/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24983/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24983
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24983
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24983

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24983/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.