SportsPress <= 2.7.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24578
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published November 16, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher iohex

Description

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

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Vulnerability Details for SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug sportspress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.7.9, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.7.8
Patched Version
  • 2.7.9

Recent vulnerabilities in SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 SportsPress <= 2.7.26 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via Shortcode CVE-2025-15368 8.8 Muhammad Yudha - DJ February 3, 2026
2 SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager <= 2.7.21 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2024-3986 4.4 Krugov Artyom July 9, 2024
3 SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager <= 2.7.20 - Missing Authorization to Notice Dismissal CVE-2024-34824 3.5 Dhabaleshwar Das May 9, 2024
4 SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager <= 2.7.17 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Event Permalink Update CVE-2024-1178 5.3 Francesco Carlucci March 4, 2024
5 SportsPress <= 2.7.1 - Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2020-13892 5.4 Rishi June 7, 2020

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