What is CVE-2024-1559?

CVE-2024-1559 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jackdewey Link Library, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2024-1559?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-1559 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Jackdewey Link Library

CVE-2024-1559

The Link Library plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'll_reciprocal' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.6 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: 0.004 (34.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Jackdewey Link Library — versions 0
Ylefebvre Link_library

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-1559?: CVE-2024-1559 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jackdewey Link Library, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-1559?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-1559 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.