CVE-2021-24474: The Awesome Weather Widget WordPress plugin through 3.0.2 does not sanitize the id parameter of its awesome_weather_refresh AJAX action, leading to an unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (X

medium Affects awesome-weather-widget (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Awesome Weather Widget WordPress plugin through 3.0.2 does not sanitize the id parameter of its awesome_weather_refresh AJAX action, leading to an unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (X

Package
awesome-weather-widget (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=3.0.2
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (54.0th percentile)
Published
2021-08-02
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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