CVE-2021-24977 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Use Any Font | Custom Font Uploader WordPress plugin before 6.2.1 does not have any authorisation checks when assigning a font, allowing unauthenticated users to sent arbitrary CSS which will then be processed by the frontend for all users. Due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping in the backend, it could also lead to Stored XSS issues

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Dineshkarki	Use Any Font

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dineshkarki:use_any_font:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.spirityenterprise.com/pentest
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/739831e3-cdfb-4a22-9abf-6c594d7e3d75

History

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Dineshkarki Dineshkarki use Any Font
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:use_any_font_project:use_any_font::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:dineshkarki:use_any_font::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products	Use Any Font Project Use Any Font Project use Any Font	Dineshkarki Dineshkarki use Any Font

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-02-28T09:06:26

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:49:14.458Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-24977

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-02-28T09:15:08.337

Modified: 2026-01-13T20:33:51.607

Link: CVE-2021-24977

Redhat

No data.

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