CVE-2024-23505: WordPress PDF Viewer & 3D PDF Flipbook – DearPDF Plugin <= 2.0.38 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

6.5 CVSS

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in DearHive PDF Viewer & 3D PDF Flipbook – DearPDF allows Stored XSS.This issue affects PDF Viewer & 3D PDF Flipbook – DearPDF: from n/a through 2.0.38.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-23505

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.5

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

Problem Types

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

Affected Products

Vendor: DearHive

Product: PDF Viewer & 3D PDF Flipbook – DearPDF

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 14.82% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23505
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/dearpdf-lite/wordpress-pdf-viewer-3d-pdf-flipbook-dearpdf-plugin-2-0-38-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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