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CVE-2021-24918Active Exploitation(smashballoon / smash_balloon_social_post_feed)

LOWCVSS 5.4 · MEDIUM

Exploitation ongoing with high activity in latest observed window (1 mentions)

Immediate actions

  • Prioritize remediation for smashballoon smash_balloon_social_post_feed systems immediately
  • Assume compromise if assets are exposed
  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Immediate (within 24h)

NVD description

The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 did not have any privilege or nonce validation before saving the plugin's setting. As a result, any logged-in user on a vulnerable site could update the settings and store rogue JavaScript on each of its posts and pages.

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3.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Exploit / PoC references
Vendor / third-party advisories
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-79

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

ACTIVE

PoC

YES

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • smash_balloon_social_post_feed

Threat summary

  • Active exploitation appears in 1 classified signals
  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Active exploitation reported across 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
smashballoon
Products
smash_balloon_social_post_feed

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-04-18: 1Active Exploitation · 2026-04-18: 1Technical Details · 2026-04-18: 104-18
Signal classification1 categories
Active Exploitation
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • CTIWatch@ctiwatchcloud
    Active Exploitation

    🚨 [HIGH] Active exploitation detected: CVE-2021-24918 Exploit in the wild confirmed for CVE-2021-24918 (CVSS null). The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 did not have any privil... 🔗 http://ctiwatch.cloud/alerts #ZeroDay #ExploitInWild #CyberSecurity

    Post summary

    The post confirms that CVE-2021-24918 is actively exploited in the wild against the Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin, but no patch, PoC, or exploit code is provided.

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CPE platform detail1 entries

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