CVE-2024-8665
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The YITH Custom Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- BIT-wordpress-2024-86652024-09-17vendor · osvUS
The YITH Custom Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- BIT-wordpress-multisite-2024-86652024-09-17vendor · osvUS
The YITH Custom Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
also known as (5)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202409-1092cnnvd
- EUVD-2024-49335enisa_euvd
- GHSA-7fgm-q7w5-rr3cenisa_euvd
- BIT-wordpress-2024-8665osv
- BIT-wordpress-multisite-2024-8665osv
sources
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-8665/cnnvd
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yith-custom-login/tags/1.7.3/yit-common/yith-panel.php#L149cnnvd
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3150123%40yith-custom-login&new=3150123%40yith-custom-login&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=cnnvd
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3150560%40yith-custom-login&new=3150560%40yith-custom-login&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=cnnvd
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/yith-custom-loginPatchcnnvd
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0828a4a4-2dd5-4dff-8563-c81d6b24b949?source=cvecnnvd
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yith-custom-login/tags/1.7.3/yit-common/yith-panel.php#L149enisa_euvd
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3150123%40yith-custom-login&new=3150123%40yith-custom-login&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=enisa_euvd
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