CVE-2024-9019: SecuPress Free — WordPress Security <= 2.2.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via secupress_check_ban_ips_form Shortcode
Description
The SecuPress Free — WordPress Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's secupress_check_ban_ips_form shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.5.3 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-2024-9019
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: secupress
Product: SecuPress Free — WordPress Security
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 2.31% (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-2024-9019https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/56e842c8-61ac-4281-8c4a-9cb1f8ecc062?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/secupress/trunk/free/common.php#L238