CVE-2024-2309 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WP STAGING WordPress Backup Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.4.0, wp-staging-pro WordPress plugin before 5.4.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Published: 2024-04-17

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

WP STAGING WordPress Backup Plugin

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.4.0

Unknown

wp-staging-pro

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 5.4.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp-staging:wp_staging:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00218.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a4152818-1e07-46a7-aec4-70f1a1b579a6/

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wp-staging Wp-staging wp Staging
Weaknesses		CWE-79
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:wp-staging:wp_staging::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Wp-staging Wp-staging wp Staging

Subscriptions

Wp-staging Wp Staging

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-04-17T05:00:03.096Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T19:11:53.339Z

Reserved: 2024-03-07T21:57:37.367Z

Link: CVE-2024-2309

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T19:11:53.339Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-17T05:15:48.740

Modified: 2025-05-30T15:56:17.930

Link: CVE-2024-2309

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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