Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in WP-Advanced-Search Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2024-10554

3.5LOW

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
WordPress WP-advanced-search
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 March 2025

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The WP-Advanced-Search plugin for WordPress versions prior to 3.3.9.3 contains a vulnerability where it fails to properly sanitize and escape certain settings. This oversight could result in high privilege users, specifically admins, being able to execute Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, even in setups where the unfiltered_html capability is disabled, such as multisite environments. Website administrators should take immediate action to upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this risk and protect their sites.

Affected Version(s)

WordPress WP-Advanced-Search 0 < 3.3.9.3

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2024-10554 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7c15b082-caa5-4cf2-9986-...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
3.5
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

İlteriş Kaan Pehlivan
WPScan
.