CVE-2021-47982

WordPress Plugin WP-Paginate 2.1.3 Stored XSS via preset

CVSS 5.1 MEDIUMEPSS 0.2%CWE-79

Vexday Risk Score

33Attention

SSVC decision (CISA)

Attend

PoC available → attend closely

CVSS 5.1EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

08 Jun 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

WordPress Plugin WP-Paginate 2.1.3 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by manipulating the preset parameter. Attackers can submit POST requests to the plugin settings page with script payloads in the preset parameter that are stored and executed when administrators view the settings.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Affected products

maxfoundry · WP-Paginate

public PoCs found — 1

cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/49355unverified

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References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-paginate/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49355 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-wp-paginate-stored-xss-via-preset