What is CVE-2024-2477?

CVE-2024-2477 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Advancedcoding Comments – Wpdiscuz, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2024-2477?

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

Is CVE-2024-2477 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Advancedcoding Comments – Wpdiscuz

CVE-2024-2477

The wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Alternative Text' field of an uploaded image in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (26.6th 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

Advancedcoding Comments – Wpdiscuz — versions 0
Gvectors Wpdiscuz

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-2024-2477?: CVE-2024-2477 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Advancedcoding Comments – Wpdiscuz, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2024-2477?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-2477 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.