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CVE-2024-9898

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-9898 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Parallax Image plugin for WordPress, versions 1.8 and earlier. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access can inject malicious web scripts into pages via the dd-parallax shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) requires user interaction for script execution, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:duckdiverllc:parallax_image:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.4MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 15,224 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.0 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/parallax-image/trunk/assets/shortcode.php
Exploit
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/3170176
Patch
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/3170176
Patch
wordpress.org / plugins/parallax-image
Release Notes
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/57641366-85d3-4375-8cde-041227c9f811
Third Party Advisory