CVE-2024-2430: Website Content in Page or Post < 2024.04.09 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-2430 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in matteoenna website_content_in_page_or_post. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 12-07-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 01-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Website Content in Page or Post WordPress plugin before 2024.04.09 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- wordfenceSource6.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.31%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
24%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.31% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Matteoenna1 product
- website_content_in_page_or_post< 2024.04.09
Unknown1 product
- website content in page or post< 2024.04.09
Wordpress1 product
- show-website-content-in-wordpress-page-or-post≤ 2024.03.27 (fixed in 2024.04.09)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
2 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/990b7d7a-3d7a-46d5-9aeb-740de817e2d9/ExploitVDB EntryTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory