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CVE-2024-13866: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in appsbd Simple Notification

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VulnerabilityCVE-2024-13866cvecve-2024-13866cwe-79
Published: Wed Mar 05 2025 (03/05/2025, 08:21:57 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: appsbd
Product: Simple Notification

Description

The Simple Notification plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

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AILast updated: 04/09/2026, 06:52:01 UTC

Technical Analysis

CVE-2024-13866 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the appsbd Simple Notification WordPress plugin affecting all versions up to 1.3. The vulnerability arises from improper neutralization of input during web page generation (CWE-79), allowing authenticated administrators to inject malicious scripts. This affects multi-site installations or sites with unfiltered_html disabled, enabling script execution in users' browsers when they visit the injected pages. The CVSS 3.1 score is 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N), indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, requiring privileges, no user interaction, scope changed, with low confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact.

Potential Impact

An attacker with administrator-level access can exploit this vulnerability to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of affected WordPress sites. This can lead to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise of user data or site content. The vulnerability does not impact availability. It specifically affects multi-site WordPress setups or those with unfiltered_html disabled, limiting the scope of affected environments.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, limit administrator access to trusted users only and consider disabling or removing the Simple Notification plugin in multi-site or unfiltered_html-disabled environments. Monitor official channels for updates or patches from the vendor.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
Wordfence
Date Reserved
2025-02-12T00:28:43.961Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 699f6d19b7ef31ef0b56de82

Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:43:53 PM

Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 6:52:01 AM

Last updated: 4/12/2026, 7:38:10 AM

Views: 22

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