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CVE-2024-12299

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-12299 is a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting all versions up to 2.8.15 of the System Dashboard plugin for WordPress. This flaw, stemming from insufficient input sanitization of the Filename parameter, allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM), indicating a low attack complexity where an attacker could achieve limited impact on confidentiality and integrity if an administrative user is tricked into clicking a crafted link. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.8.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bowo:system_dashboard:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/system-dashboard/tags/2.8.15/admin/class-system-dashboard-admin.php
Product
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/993670b7-a3ea-497d-ad46-881bd47b9346
Third Party Advisory