What is CVE-2024-1273?

CVE-2024-1273 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Squirrly Starbox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-1273?

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

Is CVE-2024-1273 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Squirrly Starbox

CVE-2024-1273

The Starbox WordPress plugin before 3.5.0 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (35.3th 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

Squirrly Starbox
Unknown Starbox — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-1273?: CVE-2024-1273 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Squirrly Starbox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-1273?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-1273 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.