XSS in Anwp Football Leagues
CVE-2024-8917
The AnWP Football Leagues plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 0.16.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.004 (29.6th 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
- Anwp Football_leagues
- Anwppro Anwp Football Leagues — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
- security@wordfence.com (Product)
- security@wordfence.com (Release Notes)
- security@wordfence.com (Patch)
- security@wordfence.com (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-8917?
- CVE-2024-8917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Anwp Football Leagues, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-09-25.
- How severe is CVE-2024-8917?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-8917 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.