Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Paid Membership Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2024-13120

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 February 2025

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The Paid Membership Plugin for WordPress, specifically versions before 4.15.20, is vulnerable due to improper sanitization and escaping of certain settings. This flaw can potentially enable high-privileged users, such as administrators, to execute Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. Even in multisite environments where the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, this vulnerability poses a security risk that could allow malicious script injection via the compromised settings.

Affected Version(s)

Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content 0 < 4.15.20

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-2024-13120 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5b70798c-c30d-42e6-ac72-...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Dmitrii Ignatyev
WPScan
.