What is CVE-2024-9591?

CVE-2024-9591 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Aftabhusain Category And Taxonomy Image, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-22.

How severe is CVE-2024-9591?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-9591 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Aftabhusain Category And Taxonomy Image

CVE-2024-9591

The Category and Taxonomy Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the '_category_image' parameter in 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 editor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (18.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Aftabhusain Category_and_taxonomy_image
Amu02aftab Category And Taxonomy Image — 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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9591?: CVE-2024-9591 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Aftabhusain Category And Taxonomy Image, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-22.
How severe is CVE-2024-9591?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9591 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.