CVE-2024-2840: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in webbistro Enhanced Media Library
The Enhanced Media Library plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via media upload functionality in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.9 due to the plugin allowing 'dfxp' files to be uploaded. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVE-2024-2840: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in webbistro Enhanced Media Library
Description
The Enhanced Media Library plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via media upload functionality in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.9 due to the plugin allowing 'dfxp' files to be uploaded. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-03-22T19:24:49.722Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6db7b7ef31ef0b58b516
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:46:31 PM
Last updated: 2/25/2026, 9:50:49 PM
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