Description

The The Permalinker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'permalink' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-11894

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.4

Affected Products

Vendor: theandystratton

Product: The Permalinker

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 16.21% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d03dbe48-371f-4fb7-8902-a013338ac7d4?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-permalinker/trunk/the-permalinker.php#L14

Timeline