CVE-2024-2402

The Better Comments WordPress plugin before 1.5.6 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 unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

CVSS v3.1

5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 34th percentile

Published

2024-04-24

Updated

2024-10-29

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/98e050cf-5686-4216-bad1-575decf3eaa7/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2024-24004
• CVE-2024-24034
• CVE-2024-24003
• CVE-2024-24035
• CVE-2024-24002
• CVE-2024-2404