Description

The Bilingual Linker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the bl_otherlang_link_1 parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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-2024-13441

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.4

Affected Products

Vendor: jackdewey

Product: Bilingual Linker

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 16.49% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-25 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/daeda8d7-1bff-4258-9953-b4303f1778d0?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bilingual-linker/tags/2.4/bilingual-linker.php#L291

Timeline