XSS in Mark8barnes Bible Text
CVE-2024-5444
The Bible Text WordPress plugin through 0.2 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (21.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 21.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mark8barnes Bible Text
- Bible Text — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/21eddf64-c71e-4aba-b1e9-fe67b4ddfb30/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-5444?
- CVE-2024-5444 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mark8barnes Bible Text, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-07-11.
- How severe is CVE-2024-5444?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-5444 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.