CVE-2024-13731: Alert Box Block – Display notice/alerts in the front end <= 1.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Alert Box Block

6.4 CVSS

Description

The Alert Box Block – Display notice/alerts in the front end. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Alert Box block in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.2 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-2024-13731

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.4

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Vendor: bplugins

Product: Alert Box Block – Display notice/alerts in the front end.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 6.71% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-22 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13731
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d63cd13e-4a16-483f-8165-6c8090ceebab?source=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/alert-box-block/

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