What is CVE-2024-5536?

CVE-2024-5536 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gamipress - Link, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-06-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-5536?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

XSS in Gamipress - Link

CVE-2024-5536

The GamiPress – Link plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's gamipress_link shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (17.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Gamipress Gamipress_-_link
Rubengc Gamipress – Link — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5536?: CVE-2024-5536 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gamipress - Link, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-06-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-5536?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.