What is CVE-2024-12466?

CVE-2024-12466 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Scribit Proofreading, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-01-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-12466?

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

Is CVE-2024-12466 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Scribit Proofreading

CVE-2024-12466

The Proofreading plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'nonce' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possibl…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (34.0th 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

Scribit Proofreading — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12466?: CVE-2024-12466 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Scribit Proofreading, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-01-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-12466?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12466 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.