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TI-2024-04645 Aliases CVE-2024-5002GHSA-ggxx-7xgm-c5m6

User Submitted Posts < 20240516 - 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 User Submitted Posts WordPress plugin before 20240516 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 0.00423 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed User Submitted Posts (Unknown): 20240516

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
UnknownUser Submitted Posts before 2024051620240516Patch availableCNA
  • User Submitted Posts VendorUnknown Affected before 20240516 Fixed in 20240516 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 20240516Vulnerablespecialk
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 20240516 Vulnerable ·specialk

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA User Submitted Posts (Unknown) Fixed in 20240516

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-5002
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ggxx-7xgm-c5m6

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2019-15241 User Submitted Posts <= 20190312 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-24406 WordPress User Submitted Posts Plugin <= 20230902 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-03982 User Submitted Posts <= 20230809 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'user-submitted-content' CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2016-09039 The user-submitted-posts plugin before 20160215 for WordPress has XSS via the user-submitted-content field. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2023-04406 Cross-site scripting in specialk User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4

Sources

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