CVE-2024-3261 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Strong Testimonials WordPress plugin before 3.1.12 does not validate and escape some of its Testimonial fields before outputting them back in a page/post, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. The attack requires a specific view to be performed

Published: 2024-04-24

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

Strong Testimonials

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.1.12

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpchill:strong_testimonials:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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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 0.00238.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5a0d5922-eefc-48e1-9681-b63e420bb8b3/

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00142}`	epss `{'score': 0.00144}`

Thu, 08 May 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wpchill Wpchill strong Testimonials
Weaknesses		CWE-79
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:wpchill:strong_testimonials::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Wpchill Wpchill strong Testimonials

Subscriptions

Wpchill Strong Testimonials

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-04-24T05:00:03.121Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:05:08.497Z

Reserved: 2024-04-03T08:56:48.610Z

Link: CVE-2024-3261

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:05:08.497Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-24T05:15:47.207

Modified: 2025-05-08T19:12:36.187

Link: CVE-2024-3261

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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