TI-2021-06862 Aliases CVE-2021-24578 GHSA-jjmw-3x38-cvq5

SportsPress < 2.7.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

LOW 29CWE-79Published 2021-12-21 · Updated 2024-08-03

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 SportsPress WordPress plugin before 2.7.9 does not sanitise and escape its match_day parameter before outputting back in the Events backend page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00827 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager (Unknown): 2.7.9

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
Unknown	SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager	2.7.9 to before 2.7.9	2.7.9	Patch available	CNA

SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager VendorUnknown Affected 2.7.9 to before 2.7.9 Fixed in 2.7.9 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:themeboy:sportspress::::::wordpress::*	before 2.7.9	Vulnerable	ThemeBoy

cpe:2.3:a:themeboy:sportspress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.7.9 Vulnerable ·ThemeBoy

Remediation

Fix · CNA SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager (Unknown) Fixed in 2.7.9

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-24578
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jjmw-3x38-cvq5

References

Exploit 1

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/69351798-c790-42d4-9485-1813cd325769

TI-2024-03718 SportsPress < 2.7.22 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
TI-2024-01093 SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager <= 2.7.17 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Event Permalink Update CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2024-23111 WordPress SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager plugin <= 2.7.20 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
TI-2020-10873 The SportsPress plugin before 2.7.2 for WordPress allows XSS. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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