CVE-2024-8243 describes a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WordPress Plugin Upgrade Time Out Plugin, affecting versions up to 1.0. This flaw stems from a lack of CSRF protection, sanitization, and escaping, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts via a CSRF attack targeting logged-in administrators. Rated 6.3 MEDIUM on the CVSS scale, the vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and could lead to limited impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:felixker:wordpress\/plugin_upgrade_time_out_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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