Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-56024

High

Published: 02 January 2025

Published
02 January 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0014 34.4th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-56024 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 34.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-56024 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the DuoGeek Custom Dashboard Widget WordPress plugin (create-custom-dashboard-widget). This issue affects all versions of the plugin up to and including 1.0.0.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated users, typically administrators, into processing crafted input via the plugin's functionality, leading to script execution in the victim's browser context with changed scope and low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The Patchstack advisory provides details on this WordPress plugin vulnerability, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/create-custom-dashboard-widget/vulnerability/wordpress-custom-dashboard-widget-plugin-1-0-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in DuoGeek Custom Dashboard Widget create-custom-dashboard-widget allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Custom Dashboard Widget: from n/a through <= 1.0.0.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web application via crafted malicious links.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Directly mitigates reflected XSS by filtering information outputs to neutralize untrusted input during web page generation in the plugin.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Validates crafted inputs to the Custom Dashboard Widget plugin to prevent malicious XSS payloads from being accepted and reflected.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Remediates the specific flaw in the DuoGeek Custom Dashboard Widget plugin through timely patching of the reflected XSS vulnerability.

References