CVE-2024-13885

HighPublic PoC

Published: 13 March 2025

Published

13 March 2025

Modified

29 April 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS Score 0.0009 25.0th percentile

Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-13885 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Webtechglobal Wp E-Customers Beta. 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 25.0th 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).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match

prevent

Directly requires filtering and escaping of information outputs to prevent reflection of unsanitized parameters containing malicious JavaScript in web pages.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

Mandates validation of input parameters to reject or sanitize malicious payloads before they can be reflected as XSS in the browser.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

Provides for identification, reporting, and correction of the specific flaw in the WordPress plugin that fails to sanitize and escape parameters.

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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T1204.001 Malicious Link Execution

An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.

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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin is exploited by delivering malicious links requiring user interaction to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser context.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

NVD Description

The WP e-Customers Beta WordPress plugin through 0.0.1 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.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2024-13885 is a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP e-Customers Beta WordPress plugin through version 0.0.1. The flaw arises because the plugin fails to sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, allowing malicious scripts to be injected and executed in a victim's browser. It 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) and is associated with CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation).

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network without authentication by tricking a targeted user, such as a high-privilege administrator, into interacting with a maliciously crafted link or page. Successful exploitation executes arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser context, potentially enabling session hijacking, data theft, or further compromise of the WordPress site, with low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability but elevated scope due to cross-origin effects.

Security practitioners should consult the WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b64d17d6-8416-476e-ad78-b7b9cb85b84f/ for detailed mitigation guidance, including any available patches or workarounds. The vulnerability was published on 2025-03-13.