CVE-2024-8045

MEDIUM

Advanced WordPress Backgrounds <1.12.3 - XSS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Advanced WordPress Backgrounds plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘imageTag’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.12.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

References (6)

Core 6

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 24.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
nko/Advanced WordPress Backgrounds < 1.12.3
wpbackgrounds/advanced_wordpress_backgrounds < 1.12.4
Published Sep 11, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026