CVE-2024-5604 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Bug Library WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 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: 2024-07-19

Score: 5.9 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

Bug Library

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.1.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bug_library_project:bug_library:*:*:*:*:*: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 Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00194.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/29985150-8d49-4a3f-8411-5d7263b424d8/

History

Fri, 16 May 2025 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Bug Library Project Bug Library Project bug Library
Weaknesses		CWE-79
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:bug_library_project:bug_library::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Bug Library Project Bug Library Project bug Library

Subscriptions

Bug Library Project Bug Library

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-07-19T06:00:05.940Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:18:06.836Z

Reserved: 2024-06-03T18:53:02.734Z

Link: CVE-2024-5604

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:18:06.836Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-19T06:15:03.480

Modified: 2025-05-16T13:01:32.520

Link: CVE-2024-5604

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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