XSS in Pure-Chat Pure Chat – Live & More!
CVE-2024-13736
The Pure Chat – Live Chat & More! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘purechatWidgetName’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.005 (37.0th 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
- Pure-chat Pure Chat – Live & More! — versions 0
- Purechat Pure_chat
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
- security@wordfence.com (Product, Release Notes)
- security@wordfence.com (Product)
- security@wordfence.com (Product)
- security@wordfence.com
- security@wordfence.com
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-13736?
- CVE-2024-13736 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pure-Chat Pure Chat – Live & More!, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-02-19.
- How severe is CVE-2024-13736?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-13736 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.