Exploitation Summary
CVE-2024-13221 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.
Description
The Fantastic ElasticSearch WordPress plugin through 4.1.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
Nuclei Templates (1)
Fantastic ElasticSearch Plugin <= 4.1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
MEDIUMVERIFIEDby Sourabh-Sahu
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
vdb-entry
technical-description
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/693f4cc4-a082-46bc-abc9-a08919f70157/
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0057
EPSS Percentile
42.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (1)
parisholley/fantastic_elasticsearch
< 4.1.0
Published
Jan 31, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026