Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Simple Notification Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-13866

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
Simple Notification
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 March 2025

Summary

The Simple Notification plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. Authenticated attackers with administrator privileges can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute when users access the compromised pages. This vulnerability impacts multi-site installations and systems where the unfiltered_html capability is disabled, raising concerns over the security of WordPress environments.

Affected Version(s)

Simple Notification * <= 1.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-notification/#develo...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Pham Van Tam
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