What is CVE-2024-8968?

CVE-2024-8968 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Maxfoundry Maxbuttons, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2024-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2024-8968?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-8968 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Maxfoundry Maxbuttons

CVE-2024-8968

The WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons WordPress plugin before 9.8.1 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 unfil…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (32.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Maxfoundry Maxbuttons
Unknown Wordpress Button Plugin Maxbuttons — 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-2024-8968?: CVE-2024-8968 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Maxfoundry Maxbuttons, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2024-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-8968?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8968 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.