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CVE-2024-49239 (GCVE-0-2024-49239)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-18 09:46 – Updated: 2026-04-29 09:51
VLAI
Title
WordPress Add Categories Post Footer plugin <= 2.2.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in nikhilvaghela Add Categories Post Footer add-categories-post-footer allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Add Categories Post Footer: from n/a through <= 2.2.2.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-18 13:05 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
nikhilvaghela Add Categories Post Footer Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.2.2 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-04-01 16:27
Credits
Le Ngoc Anh | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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