CVE-2024-2194
Published: 13 March 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-2194 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 3.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The WP Statistics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting via the URL search parameter in all versions up to and including 14.5. The flaw stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, as classified under CWE-79, and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.2 reflecting a network-accessible vector with low attack complexity.
Unauthenticated attackers can supply a malicious URL search parameter to inject arbitrary web scripts that are stored and later executed in the browsers of users who access the affected pages, enabling limited impacts on confidentiality and integrity without requiring authentication or user interaction.
References to WordPress plugin trac changesets indicate that updates have been issued to address the vulnerability, while Wordfence threat intelligence entries provide additional details for practitioners tracking the issue. The associated EPSS score reached a peak of 0.3539 with a current value of 0.2780.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-27156
Vulnerability details
The WP Statistics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the URL search parameter in all versions up to, and including, 14.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers…
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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.