CVE-2024-2738: Permalink Manager Lite (WordPress plugin) · Cross-site Scripting
Affects Permalink Manager Lite (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
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 48% 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 9 Apr 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 |
|---|---|---|
| mbis Permalink Manager Lite | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Until an official fix is released, users should consider disabling the affected plugin or applying manual input sanitization and output escaping if feasible. Additionally, caution users against clicking suspicious links that may exploit this vulnerability.
Description
The Permalink Manager Lite and Pro plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘s’ parameter in multiple instances in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.3.1 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/7020d5a1-a4a6-489c-8615-bc7898553bcf?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/561ac3c17b92cb55d3032504a076fa4b (opens in a new tab)
- gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/b1eec00e844932c6f2f30a63024b404e (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3052848%40permalink-manager%2Ftrunk&old=3034660%40permalink-manager%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= (opens in a new tab)