Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-56027

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 0.0019 41.4th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-56027 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 41.4th 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-2024-56027 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the bizswoop Leads CRM (leads-crm) WordPress plugin. This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 2.0.13.

The vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no privileges (PR:N) but user interaction (UI:R). Exploitation changes scope (S:C) and results in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L), yielding a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/leads-crm/vulnerability/wordpress-leads-crm-plugin-2-0-13-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 bizswoop Leads CRM leads-crm allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Leads CRM: from n/a through <= 2.0.13.

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 a web application vulnerability (T1190).

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

SI-15 directly prevents reflected XSS by requiring filtering of untrusted output before inclusion in web pages, neutralizing injected scripts from user input.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

SI-10 enforces validation and sanitization of information inputs, blocking malicious XSS payloads before they can be reflected in responses.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 mandates identification and patching of flaws like this reflected XSS vulnerability in the Leads CRM plugin.

References