CVE-2024-34766: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') in Automattic ChaosTheory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic ChaosTheory allows Stored XSS.This issue affects ChaosTheory: from n/a through 1.3.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-34766 is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability classified under CWE-79 in the Automattic ChaosTheory product, affecting versions through 1.3. The issue arises from improper neutralization of input during web page generation, allowing attackers to inject and persist malicious scripts. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges and user interaction, with scope changed and impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No patch or official remediation level has been disclosed by the vendor as of the published date.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker with low privileges and requiring user interaction to execute stored malicious scripts in the context of affected users, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. This can result in unauthorized actions or data exposure within the scope of the affected application. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no official fix or temporary mitigation has been published, users should monitor Automattic's advisories for updates. Until a patch is available, consider applying application-level input validation or output encoding as a temporary mitigation if feasible.
CVE-2024-34766: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') in Automattic ChaosTheory
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic ChaosTheory allows Stored XSS.This issue affects ChaosTheory: from n/a through 1.3.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-34766 is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability classified under CWE-79 in the Automattic ChaosTheory product, affecting versions through 1.3. The issue arises from improper neutralization of input during web page generation, allowing attackers to inject and persist malicious scripts. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges and user interaction, with scope changed and impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No patch or official remediation level has been disclosed by the vendor as of the published date.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker with low privileges and requiring user interaction to execute stored malicious scripts in the context of affected users, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. This can result in unauthorized actions or data exposure within the scope of the affected application. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no official fix or temporary mitigation has been published, users should monitor Automattic's advisories for updates. Until a patch is available, consider applying application-level input validation or output encoding as a temporary mitigation if feasible.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Patchstack
- Date Reserved
- 2024-05-08T12:03:07.438Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 69f1656ccbff5d86104adcd5
Added to database: 4/29/2026, 1:57:00 AM
Last enriched: 4/29/2026, 6:38:19 AM
Last updated: 6/13/2026, 10:26:41 AM
Views: 29
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