CVE-2024-4756 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Backpack WordPress plugin through 2.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wpbackpack	Wp Backpack

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpbackpack:wp_backpack:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ce4688b6-6713-43b5-aa63-8a3b036bd332/

History

Thu, 29 May 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wpbackpack Wpbackpack wp Backpack
Weaknesses		CWE-79
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:wpbackpack:wp_backpack::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Wpbackpack Wpbackpack wp Backpack

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-06-07T06:00:02.839Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:47:41.910Z

Reserved: 2024-05-10T13:46:37.151Z

Link: CVE-2024-4756

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:47:41.910Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-07T06:15:11.920

Modified: 2025-05-29T16:13:55.727

Link: CVE-2024-4756

Redhat

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