What is CVE-2024-9228?

CVE-2024-9228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Duckdev Loggedin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-10-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-9228?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-9228 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Duckdev Loggedin

CVE-2024-9228

The Loggedin – Limit Active Logins plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This is only exploitable when the leave a review notice is present.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (30.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Duckdev Loggedin
Joelcj91 Loggedin – Limit Concurrent Sessions — 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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9228?: CVE-2024-9228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Duckdev Loggedin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-10-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-9228?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9228 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.