CVE-2024-38685: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') in SubscriptionPro WP Announcement
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
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.
CVE-2024-38685: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') in SubscriptionPro 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
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
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.
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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