CVE-2024-6753
Published: 24 July 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-6753 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Wpwebinfotech Social Auto Poster. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 11.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting in all versions through 5.3.14. The flaw exists in the wpw_auto_poster_map_wordpress_post_type AJAX handler, where the mapTypes parameter is accepted without adequate sanitization or output escaping, allowing script injection that persists and executes for subsequent visitors.
Unauthenticated attackers can supply malicious input to the affected AJAX endpoint and store executable scripts that run in the context of any user who later views the injected content. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 7.2 rating reflecting network attackability without authentication or user interaction and a scope change that can affect the broader site.
Advisories referenced by Wordfence and the Codecanyon plugin page identify the issue but do not detail specific patch versions or mitigation steps beyond the general recommendation to update once a fix is released.
EPSS for the CVE rose from lower values to a recorded peak of 0.0726 on 2026-01-13 before receding to the current 0.0394, indicating a measurable increase in exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-47789
Vulnerability details
The Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘mapTypes’ parameter in the 'wpw_auto_poster_map_wordpress_post_type' AJAX function in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes…
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it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.