Medium severity · published Jan 7, 2025
CVE-2024-8857
WordPress Auction <= 3.7 - Editor+ Stored XSS
4.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The WordPress Auction Plugin WordPress plugin through 3.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WA
WordPress Auction Plugin ·
through 3.7 · source: vendor
WA
Wordpress Auction · Wpmarka
through 3.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8857
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8857
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/08ca6daa-09f4-4604-ac9e-15a1b33d599d/
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