CVE-2024-29137
Published: 19 March 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-29137 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Themefic Tourfic. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-29137 is a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability arising from improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It affects the Tourfic WordPress plugin developed by Themefic, with all versions through 2.11.7 impacted. The flaw is tracked under CWE-79 and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue by supplying a crafted request that is reflected back to a victim user who follows a malicious link. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute arbitrary script in the victim's browser context, resulting in limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a changed scope.
Public advisories published by Patchstack document the reflected XSS weakness in the Tourfic plugin and identify the affected versions.
The associated EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.1694, indicating that exploitation interest emerged after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-26173
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Themefic Tourfic tourfic.This issue affects Tourfic: from n/a through <= 2.11.7.
- CWE(s)
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.