What is CVE-2024-12595?

CVE-2024-12595 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mitchelllevy Ahathat, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-01-02.

How severe is CVE-2024-12595?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12595 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Mitchelllevy Ahathat

CVE-2024-12595

The AHAthat Plugin WordPress plugin through 1.6 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2025-01-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mitchelllevy Ahathat
Ahathat Plugin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/7a506438-3106-477f-816d-b9b116ec8555/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12595?: CVE-2024-12595 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mitchelllevy Ahathat, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-01-02.
How severe is CVE-2024-12595?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12595 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.