Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in NewsTicker WordPress Plugin
CVE-2024-13630

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
Newsticker
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 February 2025

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The NewsTicker plugin for WordPress, specifically version 1.0 and earlier, is prone to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. This issue arises due to a failure to properly sanitize and escape a specific parameter before displaying it on the page. As a consequence, malicious actors can exploit this vulnerability to inject harmful scripts, which may target high privilege users, including administrators, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data exposure.

Affected Version(s)

NewsTicker 0 <= 1.0

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-2024-13630 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15eed487-01ac-4c1e-88f8-...
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Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Hassan Khan Yusufzai - Splint3r7
WPScan
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