Simple Giveaways < 2.36.2 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Priority LOW 33CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The method and share GET parameters of the Giveaway pages were not sanitised, validated or escaped before being output back in the pages, thus leading to reflected XSS
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03451 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Simple Giveaways – Grow your business, email lists and traffic with contests (Igor Benic): 2.36.2
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Benic | Simple Giveaways – Grow your business, email lists and traffic with contests | 2.36.2 to before 2.36.2 | 2.36.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- Simple Giveaways – Grow your business, email lists and traffic with contests VendorIgor Benic Affected 2.36.2 to before 2.36.2 Fixed in 2.36.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Simple Giveaways – Grow your business, email lists and traffic with contests (Igor Benic) Fixed in 2.36.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-24298
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jw46-grq7-cw4w
References
More Igor Benic vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-41488 WordPress Recipe Maker For Your Food Blog from Zip Recipes plugin <= 8.2.7 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
- TI-2025-22089 WordPress Simple Giveaways plugin <= 2.48.1 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
- TI-2025-32792 WordPress Pets Plugin <= 1.4.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2024-35154 WordPress LeanPress plugin <= 1.0.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2023-09692 WordPress Simple Giveaways plugin <= 2.48.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2025-30103 WordPress Simple Giveaways plugin <= 2.49.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2021-24298 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-24298 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jw46-grq7-cw4w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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