What is CVE-2024-8542?

CVE-2024-8542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpeverest Everest_forms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-8542?

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

Is CVE-2024-8542 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wpeverest Everest_forms

CVE-2024-8542

The Everest Forms WordPress plugin before 3.0.3.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capabil…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (23.8th 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

Wpeverest Everest_forms
Unknown Everest Forms — 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-2024-8542?: CVE-2024-8542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpeverest Everest_forms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-8542?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8542 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.