What is CVE-2024-9446?

CVE-2024-9446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kilukrumedia Wp Simple Anchors Links, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2024-9446?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-9446 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Kilukrumedia Wp Simple Anchors Links

CVE-2024-9446

The WP Simple Anchors Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's wpanchor shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (28.6th 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

Kilukrumedia Wp Simple Anchors Links — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9446?: CVE-2024-9446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kilukrumedia Wp Simple Anchors Links, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2024-9446?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9446 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.