Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-56301

High

Published: 13 January 2025

Published
13 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 0.0016 36.1th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-56301 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 36.1th 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-2024-56301 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, specifically a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue classified under CWE-79, affecting the WordPress plugin Distance Based Shipping Calculator developed by enituretechnology. The vulnerability impacts all versions of the plugin from an unspecified initial release through 2.0.21, where user input is not properly sanitized during web page generation, enabling the injection of malicious scripts.

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 it is exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, no required privileges, but necessitating user interaction such as clicking a crafted link. Any unauthenticated remote attacker can deliver a malicious payload via reflected input, achieving low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a changed scope, typically allowing script execution in the context of the targeted user's browser on the affected site.

Patchstack's advisory documents the vulnerability in the Distance Based Shipping Calculator plugin up to version 2.0.21, highlighting the Reflected XSS risk in detail.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in enituretechnology Distance Based Shipping Calculator distance-based-shipping-calculator allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Distance Based Shipping Calculator: from n/a through <= 2.0.21.

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 internet-facing application for script injection in victim browser context.

Confidence: MEDIUM · 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

Requires validation of user inputs at entry points to neutralize malicious scripts, directly preventing the reflected XSS injection in this WordPress plugin vulnerability.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Mandates filtering and encoding of information outputs during web page generation to block execution of injected scripts in users' browsers.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Ensures timely identification, reporting, and patching of flaws like this improper input neutralization, eliminating the specific vulnerability in the plugin up to version 2.0.21.

References