CVE-2024-4036: Sydney Toolbox <= 1.30 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-4036 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in athemes sydney_toolbox. EPSS estimates a 0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 02-05-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Sydney Toolbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the style parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.30 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.60%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
48%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.60% on 22-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Athemes1 product
- sydney_toolbox< 1.31
Smub1 product
- sydney toolbox≤ 1.30
Wordpress1 product
- sydney-toolbox≤ 1.30 (fixed in 1.31)
3 vendors · 3 products