CVE-2024-4849

WordPress Automatic <= 3.94.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via autoplay Parameter

Published May 18, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The WordPress Automatic Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘autoplay’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.94.0 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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-44429 The WordPress Automatic Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘autoplay’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.94.0 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.
History
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Weaknesses CWE-79
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Apr 8, 2026, 4:51 PM
Reserved
May 13, 2024, 7:22 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
May 18, 2024, 6:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:03 AM