CVE-2024-6307
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 40 %ileDEEUNLUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the HTML API in various versions prior to 6.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on URLs. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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weaknesses
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affected products (38)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (4)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- NCSC-2024-0266Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in WordPressNL2024-06-25csaf · ncsc_nlNL
De ontwikkelaars van WordPress hebben kwetsbaarheden verholpen in WordPress.
- WID-SEC-W-2024-1454WordPress: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-06-25csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter authentifizierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in WordPress ausnutzen, um einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff zu starten oder Dateien zu manipulieren.
- BIT-wordpress-2024-6307WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML API2024-06-27vendor · osvUS
WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the HTML API in various versions prior to 6.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on URLs. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- BIT-wordpress-multisite-2024-6307WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML API2024-06-27vendor · osvUS
WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the HTML API in various versions prior to 6.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on URLs. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
also known as (5)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202406-2739cnnvd
- EUVD-2024-47423enisa_euvd
- GHSA-2f47-vffr-pwwfenisa_euvd
- BIT-wordpress-2024-6307osv
- BIT-wordpress-multisite-2024-6307osv
sources
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references (13)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58472cnnvd
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58473cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-Core-three-vulnerabilities-dated-24-06-2024-44582cnnvd
- https://wordpress.org/news/2024/06/wordpress-6-5-5/cnnvd
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc0d36f8-6569-49a1-b722-5cf57c4bb32a?source=cvecnnvd
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58472enisa_euvd
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58473enisa_euvd
- https://wordpress.org/news/2024/06/wordpress-6-5-5/enisa_euvd
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