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CVE-2021-24587: The Splash Header WordPress plugin before 1.20.8 doesn't sanitise and escape some of its settings while outputting them in the admin dashboard, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

medium Affects splash-header (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Splash Header WordPress plugin before 1.20.8 doesn't sanitise and escape some of its settings while outputting them in the admin dashboard, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Package
splash-header (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.20.8
Fixed in
1.20.8
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (49.6th percentile)
Published
2021-09-20
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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