CVE-2024-3753 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.3 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Published: 2024-07-13

Score: 5.9 Medium

EPSS: 1.5% 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

Hostel

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.1.5.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kibokolabs:hostel:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

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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 Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01464.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e140e109-4176-4b26-bf63-198262a31409/

History

Tue, 13 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Kibokolabs Kibokolabs hostel
Weaknesses		CWE-79
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:kibokolabs:hostel::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Kibokolabs Kibokolabs hostel

Subscriptions

Kibokolabs Hostel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-07-13T06:00:04.802Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:20:01.144Z

Reserved: 2024-04-12T21:30:23.579Z

Link: CVE-2024-3753

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:20:01.144Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-13T06:15:02.840

Modified: 2025-05-13T14:01:36.853

Link: CVE-2024-3753

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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