What is CVE-2024-8189?

CVE-2024-8189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ngothang Wp Multitasking, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-09-28.

How severe is CVE-2024-8189?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-8189 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Ngothang Wp Multitasking

CVE-2024-8189

The WP MultiTasking – WP Utilities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘wpmt_menu_name’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.17 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (29.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ngothang Wp_multitasking
Thangnv27 Wp Multitasking – Utilities — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8189?: CVE-2024-8189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ngothang Wp Multitasking, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-09-28.
How severe is CVE-2024-8189?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8189 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.