kbucket < 4.1.6 - 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 KBucket: Your Curated Content in WordPress plugin before 4.1.6 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 0.00331 26th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed KBucket: Your Curated Content in WordPress (Unknown): 4.1.6
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 | KBucket: Your Curated Content in WordPress | before 4.1.6 | 4.1.6 | Patch available | CNA |
- KBucket: Your Curated Content in WordPress VendorUnknown Affected before 4.1.6 Fixed in 4.1.6 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:optimalaccess:kbucket:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 4.1.6 | Vulnerable | Optimal Access |
- cpe:2.3:a:optimalaccess:kbucket:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 4.1.6 Vulnerable ·Optimal Access
Remediation
- Fix · CNA KBucket: Your Curated Content in WordPress (Unknown) Fixed in 4.1.6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-6665
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-33f2-v5w3-mmvw
References
More Optimal Access Kbucket vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-06179 kbucket < 4.1.5 - Reflected XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-6665 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-6665 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-33f2-v5w3-mmvw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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