Name: CVE-2024-2402: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2024-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2024-2402, CWE-79, CVSS 5.4, EPSS 0.00403

The Better Comments WordPress plugin before 1.5.6 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)

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.4
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Better Comments Plugin	—	Update better-comments plugin to version 1.5.6, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Apr 3, 2024

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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