6.5

CVE-2024-31111: automattic wordpress Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-31111DEBIAN-CVE-2024-31111
Published 25-06-2024Last modified 28-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-31111 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in automattic wordpress. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.9% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 5.9.10.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.34%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Duplicates 1
DLA-4358-1DSA-6075-1CVE-2024-6305

Timeline

  1. 25-06-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WordPress: from 6.5 through 6.5.4, from 6.4 through 6.4.4, from 6.3 through 6.3.4, from 6.2 through 6.2.5, from 6.1 through 6.1.6, from 6.0 through 6.0.8, from 5.9 through 5.9.9.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

26%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.34% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.34%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress2 products
  • wordpress≥ 5.9, ≤ 5.9.9 (fixed in 5.9.10) | ≥ 6.0, ≤ 6.0.8 (fixed in 5.9.10) | ≥ 6.1, ≤ 6.1.6 (fixed in 5.9.10) | ≥ 6.2, ≤ 6.2.5 (fixed in 5.9.10) | ≥ 6.3, ≤ 6.3.4 (fixed in 5.9.10) | ≥ 6.4, ≤ 6.4.4 (fixed in 5.9.10) | ≥ 6.5, ≤ 6.5.4 (fixed in 5.9.10)
  • gutenberg≤ 18.6.0 (fixed in 18.6.1)
Automattic1 product
  • wordpress≥ 6.5, ≤ 6.5.4 | ≥ 6.4, ≤ 6.4.4 | ≥ 6.3, ≤ 6.3.4 | ≥ 6.2, ≤ 6.2.5 | ≥ 6.1, ≤ 6.1.6 | ≥ 6.0, ≤ 6.0.8 | ≥ 5.9, ≤ 5.9.9
Debian1 product
  • wordpress< 6.1.9+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | < 6.5.5+dfsg1-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wordpressAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 5 products

References

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