tarteaucitron.js for WordPress < 0.3.0 - Author+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 58CWE-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 · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The tarteaucitron-wp WordPress plugin before 0.3.0 allows author level and above users to add HTML into a post/page, 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 0.00318 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed tarteaucitron-wp (Unknown): 0.3.0couleurcitron/tarteaucitron-wp (Packagist): 0.3.0
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 | tarteaucitron-wp | before 0.3.0 | 0.3.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | couleurcitron/tarteaucitron-wp (Packagist) | before 0.3.0 | 0.3.0 | Patch available | GHSA-fxpc-qmrh-7j2h |
- tarteaucitron-wp VendorUnknown Affected before 0.3.0 Fixed in 0.3.0 Patch available CNA
- couleurcitron/tarteaucitron-wp (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 0.3.0 Fixed in 0.3.0 Patch available GHSA-fxpc-qmrh-7j2h
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:couleurcitron:tarteaucitron-wp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 0.3.0 | Vulnerable | Couleurcitron |
- cpe:2.3:a:couleurcitron:tarteaucitron-wp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 0.3.0 Vulnerable ·Couleurcitron
Remediation
- Fix · CNA tarteaucitron-wp (Unknown) Fixed in 0.3.0
- Fix · GHSA-fxpc-qmrh-7j2h couleurcitron/tarteaucitron-wp (Packagist) Fixed in 0.3.0 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
tarteaucitron-wp 0.3.0
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-10865 tarteaucitron.js for WordPress < 0.3.0 - Stored XSS via CSRFPriority MEDIUM 60
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-11718
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fxpc-qmrh-7j2h
References
More Couleurcitron Tarteaucitron-wp vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-10865 tarteaucitron.js for WordPress < 0.3.0 - Stored XSS via CSRF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-11718 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-11718 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fxpc-qmrh-7j2h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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