CVE-2024-3920 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Flattr WordPress plugin through 1.2.2 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: 2024-05-23

Score: 3.5 Low

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

Flattr

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.2.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:flattr:flattr:*:*:*:*:*: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 Unchanged

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 0.00186.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2fb28c77-3c35-4a2f-91ed-823d0d011048/

History

Wed, 21 May 2025 19:30:00 +0000

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

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 3.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}`

Subscriptions

Flattr Flattr

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-05-23T06:00:03.279Z

Updated: 2024-08-09T18:54:30.448Z

Reserved: 2024-04-17T14:38:28.877Z

Link: CVE-2024-3920

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:26:57.098Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-23T06:15:11.100

Modified: 2025-05-21T19:05:05.163

Link: CVE-2024-3920

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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