Vulnerability in WordPress Foundation
CVE-2024-6307
WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the HTML API in various versions prior to 6.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on URLs. 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.
EPSS: 0.005 (38.7th 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
- Wordpress Foundation — versions 5.9, 6.0, 6.1
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-6307?
- CVE-2024-6307 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WordPress Foundation, classified under CWE-79 IMPROPER NEUTRALIZATION OF INPUT DURING WEB PAGE GENERATION ('CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING'). CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-06-25.
- How severe is CVE-2024-6307?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-6307 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.