What is CVE-2024-2287?

CVE-2024-2287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nuknightlab Knight Lab Timeline, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2024-2287?

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

Is CVE-2024-2287 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Nuknightlab Knight Lab Timeline

CVE-2024-2287

The Knight Lab Timeline plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.3.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions 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 (27.9th 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

Nuknightlab Knight Lab Timeline — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2287?: CVE-2024-2287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nuknightlab Knight Lab Timeline, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-2287?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-2287 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.