What is CVE-2024-1840?

CVE-2024-1840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpbakery Page_builder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2024-1840?

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

Is CVE-2024-1840 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wpbakery Page_builder

CVE-2024-1840

The wpbakery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Post Author tag attribute in all versions up to, and including, 7.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible f…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (23.7th 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

Wpbakery Page_builder
Wpbakery Page Builder — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-1840?: CVE-2024-1840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpbakery Page_builder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2024-1840?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-1840 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.