What is CVE-2024-5799?

CVE-2024-5799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cminds Cm_popup, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-5799?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-5799 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Cminds Cm_popup

CVE-2024-5799

The CM Pop-Up Banners for WordPress plugin before 1.7.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its popup fields, which could allow high privilege users such as Contributors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (22.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cminds Cm_popup
Unknown Cm Pop-up Banners For Wordpress — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5799?: CVE-2024-5799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cminds Cm_popup, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-5799?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-5799 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.