Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-13696

High

Published: 29 January 2025

Published
29 January 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0083 74.9th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-13696 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 25.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-13696 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, classified under CWE-79, affecting the Flexible Wishlist for WooCommerce – Ecommerce Wishlist & Save for later plugin for WordPress. The issue impacts all versions up to and including 1.2.25 and arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'wishlist_name' parameter. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) and was published on 2025-01-29.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. By injecting arbitrary web scripts via the 'wishlist_name' parameter, attackers can store malicious payloads on wishlist pages, which execute in users' browsers whenever those pages are accessed, potentially compromising confidentiality and integrity.

Reference advisories, including a Wordfence threat intelligence report and WordPress plugin repository details, point to mitigation via changeset 3230370, which addresses the sanitization flaw. The plugin's developer page and front-end JavaScript source further document the affected code, recommending updates beyond version 1.2.25 for remediation.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Flexible Wishlist for WooCommerce – Ecommerce Wishlist & Save for later plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘wishlist_name’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.25 due to insufficient input sanitization and output…

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escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Stored XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web application by unauthenticated attackers injecting scripts.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Wordpress
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly mitigates the insufficient input sanitization of the 'wishlist_name' parameter by enforcing validation of all user inputs to block malicious scripts.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Addresses the lack of output escaping by filtering information outputs to prevent execution of injected scripts in users' browsers.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Ensures timely remediation of the specific flaw in the plugin versions up to 1.2.25 through identification, correction, and verification of patches.

References