CVE-2021-24320 | Bello < 1.6.0 - Unauthenticated Reflected XSS & XFS

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The Bello - Directory & Listing WordPress theme before 1.6.0 did not properly sanitise and escape its listing_list_view, bt_bb_listing_field_my_lat, bt_bb_listing_field_my_lng, bt_bb_listing_field_distance_value, bt_bb_listing_field_my_lat_default, bt_bb_listing_field_keyword, bt_bb_listing_field_location_autocomplete, bt_bb_listing_field_price_range_from and bt_bb_listing_field_price_range_to parameter in ints listing page, leading to reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues.

Published: 2021-06-01 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2021-24320 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.77%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2021-24320

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-24320

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 50.35% 10.77% -39.58%
2 2025-11-21 67.08% 50.35% -16.73%
3 2025-11-18 67.08%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-24320

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-24320

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-24320

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bold-themes bello < 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:bold-themes:bello:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2021-24320

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