Website Content in Page or Post < 2024.04.09 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Priority MEDIUM 62CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Website Content in Page or Post WordPress plugin before 2024.04.09 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00312 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Website Content in Page or Post (Unknown): 2024.04.09
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Website Content in Page or Post | before 2024.04.09 | 2024.04.09 | Patch available | CNA |
- Website Content in Page or Post VendorUnknown Affected before 2024.04.09 Fixed in 2024.04.09 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:matteoenna:website_content_in_page_or_post:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 2024.04.09 | Vulnerable | Matteoenna |
- cpe:2.3:a:matteoenna:website_content_in_page_or_post:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2024.04.09 Vulnerable ·Matteoenna
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Website Content in Page or Post (Unknown) Fixed in 2024.04.09
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-2430
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6vqv-rxj8-5fq9
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-2430 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-2430 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6vqv-rxj8-5fq9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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