CVE-2021-24771: The Inspirational Quote Rotator WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not sanitize and escape some of its quote fields when adding/editing a quote as admin, leading to Stored Cross-Site scripting issues

medium Affects inspirational-quote-rotator (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Inspirational Quote Rotator WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not sanitize and escape some of its quote fields when adding/editing a quote as admin, leading to Stored Cross-Site scripting issues

Package
inspirational-quote-rotator (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=1.0.0
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (49.4th percentile)
Published
2021-12-13
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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