CVE-2024-13632
Published: 26 February 2025
Description
The WP Extra Fields WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
Security Summary
CVE-2024-13632 is a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the WP Extra Fields WordPress plugin through version 1.0.1. The plugin does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, enabling malicious script execution in a user's browser.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers with low attack complexity, though it requires user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. It targets high-privilege users like administrators and has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed security scope.
Mitigation details are available in the WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/85c5b465-afce-4c68-b5e3-214ec4b5c9f2/.
Details
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