CVE-2024-8738 describes a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Seriously Simple Stats plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.6.0. This flaw stems from improper escaping of URLs when using add_query_arg, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction, with potential impacts on confidentiality and integrity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:castos:seriously_simple_stats:*:*:*:*:*: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.