FKIE_CVE-2021-24578

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-12-21 09:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:40
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The SportsPress WordPress plugin before 2.7.9 does not sanitise and escape its match_day parameter before outputting back in the Events backend page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/69351798-c790-42d4-9485-1813cd325769Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/69351798-c790-42d4-9485-1813cd325769Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
themeboy sportspress *
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      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "SportsPress \u2013 Sports Club \u0026 League Manager",
          "vendor": "Unknown",
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              "status": "affected",
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            }
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      ],
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    }
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    },
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  ],
  "id": "CVE-2021-24578",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:40:16.290",
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