vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: mailchimp-for-wp: CVE-2024-8680: Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Sep 20, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Solution

mailchimp-for-wp-plugin-cve-2024-8680
Title
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