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TI-2024-03718 Aliases CVE-2024-3986GHSA-g2j4-8f3h-m86r

SportsPress < 2.7.22 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
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 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The SportsPress WordPress plugin before 2.7.22 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00415 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed SportsPress (Unknown): 2.7.22

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownSportsPressbefore 2.7.222.7.22Patch availableCNA
  • SportsPress VendorUnknown Affected before 2.7.22 Fixed in 2.7.22 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:themeboy:sportspress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 2.7.22VulnerableThemeBoy
  • cpe:2.3:a:themeboy:sportspress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.7.22 Vulnerable ·ThemeBoy

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA SportsPress (Unknown) Fixed in 2.7.22

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-3986
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g2j4-8f3h-m86r

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2024-01093 SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager <= 2.7.17 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Event Permalink Update CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2021-06862 SportsPress < 2.7.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • 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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