CVE-2024-13632
Published: 26 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-13632 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Sprintexperts Wp Extra Fields. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 28.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-13632 is a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the WP Extra Fields WordPress plugin through version 1.0.1. The plugin does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, enabling malicious script execution in a user's browser.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers with low attack complexity, though it requires user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. It targets high-privilege users like administrators and has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed security scope.
Mitigation details are available in the WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/85c5b465-afce-4c68-b5e3-214ec4b5c9f2/.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5306
Vulnerability details
The WP Extra Fields WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web application (T1190) and execution of attacker-supplied JavaScript in the victim's browser (T1059.007).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Remediating the specific flaw in WP Extra Fields plugin through timely patching directly prevents exploitation of CVE-2024-13632.
Filtering and escaping information output before rendering directly mitigates reflected XSS by preventing malicious script execution in the browser.
Validating and sanitizing input parameters prevents malicious payloads from being accepted and echoed back unsafely in the WordPress plugin.