CVE-2024-4209

Medium

Published: 14 May 2024

Published

14 May 2024

Modified

08 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0028 52.2th percentile

Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-4209 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Kadencewp Gutenberg Blocks With Ai. Its CVSS base score is 6.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked in the top 47.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-32763

Vulnerability details

The Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP – Page Builder Features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the countdown timer in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.36 due to insufficient input sanitization and output…

escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CWE(s): CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

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T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access

Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing.

attack.mitre.org →

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access

An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.

attack.mitre.org →

T1555.003 Credentials from Web Browsers Credential Access

Adversaries may acquire credentials from web browsers by reading files specific to the target browser.

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Why these techniques?

Stored XSS allows authenticated attackers to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript in victims' browsers upon page access, enabling drive-by compromise (T1189), JavaScript command execution (T1059.007), and credential theft via session cookies (T1539) or browser data (T1555.003).