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CVE-2024-5200

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Description

The Postie WordPress plugin before 1.9.71 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).

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
4.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2025-09-29 06:15:34.543000
Last modified
2026-10-27 18:10:00.130000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2024-5200",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2025-09-29T06:15:34.543",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-27T18:10:00.130",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The Postie WordPress plugin before 1.9.71 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)."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El plugin de WordPress Postie anterior a 1.9.71 no sanea ni escapa algunas de sus configuraciones, lo que podría permitir a usuarios con altos privilegios, como el administrador, realizar ataques de cross-site scripting almacenado incluso cuando la capacidad unfiltered_html está deshabilitada (por ejemplo, en una configuración multisitio)."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Unknown",
          "product": "Postie",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "1.9.71",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
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        "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
          "baseScore": 4.8,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "HIGH",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 1.7,
        "impactScore": 2.7
      }
    ],
    "ssvcV203": [
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        "ssvcData": {
          "timestamp": "2025-09-29T19:41:59.342479Z",
          "id": "CVE-2024-5200",
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              "exploitation": "poc"
            },
            {
              "automatable": "no"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
          "role": "CISA Coordinator",
          "version": "2.0.3"
        }
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  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a517cf0-886a-47f1-a433-54a2288b2851/",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}