CVE-2024-13851: Modal Portfolio <= 1.7.4.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The Modal Portfolio plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.4.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-13851
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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: evigeo
Product: Modal Portfolio
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 1.93% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-29 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13851https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dc049cab-6793-4656-9b17-8ca64c566c4c?source=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/modal-portfolio/#developers