What is CVE-2024-4759?

CVE-2024-4759 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Staude Mime Types Extended, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-4759?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

XSS in Staude Mime Types Extended

CVE-2024-4759

The Mime Types Extended WordPress plugin through 0.11 does not sanitise uploaded SVG files, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to upload a malicious SVG containing XSS payloads.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2024-06-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Staude Mime Types Extended
Mime Types Extended — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/1c7547fa-539a-4890-a94d-c57b3d025507/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-4759?: CVE-2024-4759 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Staude Mime Types Extended, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-4759?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.