XSS in Catsone Cats Job Listings
CVE-2024-13577
The CATS Job Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'catsone' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.002 (14.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Catsone Cats_job_listings
- Catssoft Cats Job Listings — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
- security@wordfence.com (Product)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-13577?
- CVE-2024-13577 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Catsone Cats Job Listings, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-02-18.
- How severe is CVE-2024-13577?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-13577 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.