CVE-2024-12338: Website Toolbox Forum (WordPress plugin) · Cross-site Scripting
Affects Website Toolbox Forum (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 34% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 12 Dec 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| websitetoolbox Website Toolbox Forum | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Users of the Website Toolbox Community plugin should monitor the vendor's advisories for updates. Until a fix is released, consider applying temporary mitigations such as disabling or restricting use of the vulnerable parameter if possible, or employing web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block malicious input targeting the 'websitetoolbox_username' parameter. Avoid clicking on suspicious links that could exploit this vulnerability.
Description
The Website Toolbox Community plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘websitetoolbox_username’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
References
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eae14ac7-ebc1-45a1-b0dd-fec2bbb14460?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/website-toolbox-forums/trunk/admin/admin.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3210551/website-toolbox-forums/trunk/admin/admin.php (opens in a new tab)