What is CVE-2024-12338?

CVE-2024-12338 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Websitetoolbox Website Toolbox Forum, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-12338?

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

Is CVE-2024-12338 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Websitetoolbox Website Toolbox Forum

CVE-2024-12338

The Website Toolbox Community plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘websitetoolbox_username’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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: 0.004 (32.4th 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

Websitetoolbox Website Toolbox Forum — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12338?: CVE-2024-12338 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Websitetoolbox Website Toolbox Forum, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-12338?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12338 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.