Description
The Absolute Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Name' field of a custom post criteria in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Published: 2024-09-27
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-49512 The Absolute Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Name' field of a custom post criteria in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00019}

epss

{'score': 0.00024}


Fri, 04 Oct 2024 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Codesupply
Codesupply absolute Reviews
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:codesupply:absolute_reviews:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Codesupply
Codesupply absolute Reviews

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 27 Sep 2024 05:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Absolute Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Name' field of a custom post criteria in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Title Absolute Reviews <= 1.1.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Criteria Name
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Codesupply Absolute Reviews
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:36:31.288Z

Reserved: 2024-09-17T23:02:42.233Z

Link: CVE-2024-8965

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-27T15:16:41.627Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-09-27T06:15:13.223

Modified: 2024-10-04T19:04:03.157

Link: CVE-2024-8965

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses