What is CVE-2024-9645?

CVE-2024-9645 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pickplugins Post Grid, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-9645?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-9645 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Pickplugins Post Grid

CVE-2024-9645

The Post Grid, Posts Slider, Posts Carousel, Post Filter, Post Masonry WordPress plugin before 2.2.93 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (17.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Pickplugins Post_grid
Unknown Post Grid, Posts Slider, Carousel, Filter, Masonry — 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-2024-9645?: CVE-2024-9645 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pickplugins Post Grid, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-9645?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9645 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.