What is CVE-2024-11254?

CVE-2024-11254 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ampforwp Accelerated Mobile Pages, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-12-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-11254?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-11254 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Ampforwp Accelerated Mobile Pages

CVE-2024-11254

The AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the disqus_name parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1 due to insufficient input validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (20.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ampforwp Accelerated_mobile_pages
Mohammed_kaludi Amp For Wp – Accelerated Mobile Pages — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-11254?: CVE-2024-11254 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ampforwp Accelerated Mobile Pages, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-12-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-11254?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-11254 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.