What is CVE-2024-2761?

CVE-2024-2761 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpengine Genesis Blocks, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-04-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-2761?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-2761 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wpengine Genesis Blocks

CVE-2024-2761

The Genesis Blocks WordPress plugin before 3.1.3 does not properly escape data input provided to some of its blocks, allowing using with at least contributor privileges to conduct Stored XSS attacks.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2024-04-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wpengine Genesis Blocks
Genesis Blocks — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/e092ccdc-7ea1-4937-97b7-4cdbff5e74e5/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2761?: CVE-2024-2761 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpengine Genesis Blocks, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-04-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-2761?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-2761 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.