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CVE-2024-37253 (GCVE-0-2024-37253)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-09 10:05 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:09
VLAI
Title
WordPress WPDirectoryKit plugin <= 1.3.6 - HTML Injection vulnerability
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in WpDirectoryKit WP Directory Kit allows Code Injection.This issue affects WP Directory Kit: from n/a through 1.3.6.
Severity
2.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-09 13:13 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
WpDirectoryKit WP Directory Kit Affected: n/a , ≤ 1.3.6 (custom)
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Credits
Sandeep Vishwakarma from eSec Forte Technologies Pvt Ltd. (Patchstack Alliance)
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