CVE-2024-8857 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WordPress Auction Plugin, affecting versions up to 3.7. This flaw allows high-privilege users, such as editors, to inject malicious scripts due to insufficient sanitization and escaping of plugin settings. Rated 4.8 MEDIUM, the vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) and user interaction (UI:R) for exploitation, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpmarka:wordpress_auction:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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