CVE-2024-11201
Published: 06 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-11201 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 6.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The myCred Loyalty Points and Rewards plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce is affected by a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in all versions through 2.7.5.2. The flaw exists in the mycred_send shortcode, where insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes allow injection of arbitrary scripts. The issue is tracked as CWE-79 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.4.
Authenticated users holding contributor-level privileges or higher can exploit the vulnerability by embedding malicious attributes in the shortcode. Once the crafted content is saved to a page or post, the injected scripts execute in the browsers of any visitors who view the page, enabling theft of session tokens or other client-side actions within the site context.
Public references point to a patched version of the mycred_send.php shortcode file in the plugin repository, indicating that updating to a release beyond 2.7.5.2 addresses the input handling weakness. The Wordfence advisory and WordPress plugin changelog further document the fix.
EPSS for the CVE remains flat at 0.0992 with no material increase after disclosure. No evidence of active exploitation in the wild is provided in the available data.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-34091
Vulnerability details
The myCred – Loyalty Points and Rewards plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce – Give Points, Ranks, Badges, Cashback, WooCommerce rewards, and WooCommerce credits for Gamification plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's mycred_send shortcode in…
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all versions up to, and including, 2.7.5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.