What is CVE-2024-3996?

CVE-2024-3996 is a low-severity vulnerability in Shapedplugin Smart_post_show, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2025-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-3996?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-3996 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Shapedplugin Smart_post_show

CVE-2024-3996

The Smart Post Show WordPress plugin before 2.4.28 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 capabi…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (18.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Shapedplugin Smart_post_show
Unknown Smart Post Show — 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-2024-3996?: CVE-2024-3996 is a low-severity vulnerability in Shapedplugin Smart_post_show, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2025-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-3996?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-3996 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.