CVE-2024-37261
Published: 22 July 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-37261 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Wplab Wp-Lister Lite For Amazon. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 4.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-37261 is a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability arising from improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It affects the WP-Lister Lite for Amazon WordPress plugin in versions up to and including 2.6.16 and is tracked under CWE-79 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input via a URL that is processed by the plugin; when a victim user follows the link, script executes in the victim's browser context with changed scope, enabling limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Public advisories published via Patchstack document the reflected XSS issue in the plugin and are available at the referenced database entries.
The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1749 with no material increase observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-36540
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WP Lab WP-Lister Lite for Amazon wp-lister-for-amazon.This issue affects WP-Lister Lite for Amazon: from n/a through <= 2.6.16.
- 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.