CVE-2024-13876
Published: 20 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-13876 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Tiefpunkt Meintopf. 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 40.1th 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-2024-13876 is a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the mEintopf WordPress plugin through version 0.2.1. The flaw arises because the plugin fails to sanitize and escape a user-supplied parameter before outputting it back in the page, enabling attackers to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser.
The vulnerability 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), indicating it is exploitable over the network with low complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Attackers can target high-privilege users, including administrators, to execute scripts that achieve low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a changed scope, potentially leading to session theft, defacement, or other client-side attacks within the authenticated user's session.
The WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d80cd18a-065f-443b-b548-d780b785d68e/ documents the issue and provides further technical details for practitioners.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-6748
Vulnerability details
The mEintopf WordPress plugin through 0.2.1 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
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Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables web app exploitation (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim browser (T1059.007).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mitigates reflected XSS by requiring filtering and escaping of unsanitized parameters before output to prevent JavaScript injection.
Addresses the core flaw by enforcing validation and sanitization of the vulnerable user-supplied parameter to block malicious input.
Remediates the specific flaw in the mEintopf plugin through timely identification, reporting, and patching to version beyond 0.2.1.