Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-56267

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-2024-56267 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 Drive-by Compromise (T1189); 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-2024-56267 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the html5maps Interactive UK Map WordPress plugin (also referred to as interactive-uk-map). This issue affects all versions of the plugin up to and including 3.4.8.

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no privileges (PR:N) but user interaction (UI:R), and results in a changed scope (S:C) with low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L), yielding a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1. Attackers can leverage CSRF to inject malicious payloads that are stored and executed when users, such as site administrators or visitors, interact with the affected interactive map feature.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/interactive-uk-map/vulnerability/wordpress-interactive-uk-map-plugin-3-4-8-csrf-to-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the CSRF-to-Stored XSS vulnerability specifically in version 3.4.8 and provides details on affected installations for mitigation guidance.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in html5maps Interactive UK Map interactive-uk-map allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Interactive UK Map: from n/a through <= 3.4.8.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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.
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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?

Stored XSS (via CSRF) in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables drive-by compromise of visitors/admins and exploitation of the application itself.

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Enforces validation and sanitization of user inputs to directly prevent improper neutralization leading to stored XSS payloads in the WordPress plugin.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Filters and encodes information outputs to neutralize malicious scripts before rendering, comprehensively mitigating stored XSS execution when users interact with the map.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
preventrecover

Requires timely identification, reporting, and patching of flaws like this stored XSS vulnerability in the interactive-uk-map plugin up to version 3.4.8.

References