What is CVE-2024-3753?

CVE-2024-3753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kibokolabs Hostel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-3753?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-3753 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Kibokolabs Hostel

CVE-2024-3753

The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.3 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Kibokolabs Hostel
Unknown Hostel — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-3753?: CVE-2024-3753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kibokolabs Hostel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-3753?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-3753 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.