CVE-2024-12491: SimplyRETS Real Estate IDX <= 2.11.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The SimplyRETS Real Estate IDX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'sr_search_form' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.11.2 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-2024-12491
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.4
Affected Products
Vendor: reichertbrothers
Product: SimplyRETS Real Estate IDX
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 16.22% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-07 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aa5c2d05-f6cb-4f97-b174-653ad3577b02?source=cvehttps://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-rets/