XSS in Totalsuite Totalcontest
CVE-2024-13822
The Photo Contest | Competition | Video Contest WordPress plugin through 2.8.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (25.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.3% 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
- Totalsuite Totalcontest
- Photo Contest | Competition Video — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/1f0f1553-1987-428c-9fe3-ffb3f6b0aecc/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-13822?
- CVE-2024-13822 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Totalsuite Totalcontest, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-02-24.
- How severe is CVE-2024-13822?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-13822 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.