XSS in Plugin-Planet Simple Ajax Chat
CVE-2024-2470
The Simple Ajax Chat WordPress plugin before 20240412 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (24.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.0% 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
- Plugin-Planet Simple Ajax Chat
- Simple Ajax Chat — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/8514b8ce-ff23-4aba-b2f1-fd36beb7d2ff/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-2470?
- CVE-2024-2470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plugin-Planet Simple Ajax Chat, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-06-04.
- How severe is CVE-2024-2470?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.