CVE-2024-29138
Published: 19 March 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-29138 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Dev.Institute Restrict User Access. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-29138 is a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability arising from improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It affects the Restrict User Access – Membership Plugin with Force for WordPress in all versions through 2.5 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1 with CWE-79 classification.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input that is reflected back to a victim browser, enabling execution of arbitrary script in the context of the affected site. Successful exploitation can result in limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as theft of session tokens or unauthorized actions performed on behalf of the user.
Advisories published by Patchstack document the reflected XSS flaw in Restrict User Access version 2.5 and provide the associated vulnerability database entries for further reference.
The EPSS score reached a peak of 0.1155 before receding to its current value of 0.0691, indicating limited ongoing exploitation interest.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-26174
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Joachim Jensen Restrict User Access – Membership Plugin with Force restrict-user-access.This issue affects Restrict User Access – Membership Plugin with Force: from n/a through <= 2.5.
- 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.