CVE-2024-8731 is a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Cron Jobs plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 1.2.9. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts into pages by tricking a user into clicking a specially crafted link. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and the potential for limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit tools like Metasploit or Nuclei modules, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:leira:cron_jobs:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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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 records are not available for this CVE.