What is CVE-2024-13679?

CVE-2024-13679 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getbuybox Buybox Widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-13679?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-13679 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Getbuybox Buybox Widget

CVE-2024-13679

The Widget BUY.BOX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'buybox-widget' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.5 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: 0.003 (21.1th 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

Getbuybox Buybox_widget
Simply4net Widget Buy.box — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-13679?: CVE-2024-13679 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getbuybox Buybox Widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-13679?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-13679 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.