{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:helpful_project:helpful:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "4.4.59"
              }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "ad7b2985282dd9948c8df00703d5f382d5df3216"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/pixelbart/helpful",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {},
  "details": "The Helpful WordPress plugin before 4.4.59 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed",
  "id": "CVE-2021-24841",
  "modified": "2026-07-08T05:38:52.233817678Z",
  "published": "2021-11-17T11:15:08.220Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://mikadmin.fr/tech/XSS-Stored-Helpful-5b10bc7f40ab319f9797eb4abad4f420660.pdf"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/55d11acf-8c47-40da-be47-24f74fd7566e"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}