What is CVE-2024-8680?

CVE-2024-8680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dvankooten Mc4wp: Mailchimp For Wordpress, classified under Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS). CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-8680?

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

Is CVE-2024-8680 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Dvankooten Mc4wp: Mailchimp For Wordpress

CVE-2024-8680

The MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it…

EPSS: 0.003 (50.5th 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

Dvankooten Mc4wp: Mailchimp For Wordpress — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-80 — Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8680?: CVE-2024-8680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dvankooten Mc4wp: Mailchimp For Wordpress, classified under Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS). CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-8680?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8680 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.