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CVE-2024-38685: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') in SubscriptionPro WP Announcement

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VulnerabilityCVE-2024-38685cvecve-2024-38685cwe-79
Published: Sat Jul 20 2024 (07/20/2024, 07:41:17 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: SubscriptionPro
Product: WP Announcement

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in SubscriptionPro WP Announcement allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Announcement: from n/a through 2.0.8.

CVSS v3.1

Score 5.9medium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected software

Affected versions
<=2.0.8

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 04/29/2026, 04:39:36 UTC

Technical Analysis

The SubscriptionPro WP Announcement plugin contains a CWE-79 vulnerability due to improper input sanitization during web page generation, leading to stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS). This allows attackers with high privileges and requiring user interaction to inject malicious scripts that can affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability to a limited extent. The vulnerability affects all versions up to 2.0.8. No vendor advisory or patch is currently available, and the plugin is not a cloud service, so remediation depends on the vendor releasing a fix.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with high privileges to inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of other users' browsers, potentially leading to limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The CVSS vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, high privileges required, user interaction required, and scope changed. No known active exploitation has been reported.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, users should limit high-privilege access to the plugin and monitor for suspicious activity. No vendor-provided mitigation or temporary fix is currently available.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
Patchstack
Date Reserved
2024-06-19T11:15:46.514Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 69f165a6cbff5d86104b1310

Added to database: 4/29/2026, 1:57:58 AM

Last enriched: 4/29/2026, 4:39:36 AM

Last updated: 6/13/2026, 10:28:27 AM

Views: 30

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