# CVE-2024-12708: Bulk Me Now <= 2.0 - Stored XSS via Shortcode

> Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes in the Bulk Me Now plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qjjh-33hc-226r

## What is CVE-2024-12708?

CVE-2024-12708 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Bulk Me Now!, published on 30 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Bulk Me Now! WordPress plugin through 2.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12708?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ombu Bulk Me Now\!.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12708?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12708 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12708 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12708 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Bulk Me Now!

- [CVE-2024-12638](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12638/): Bulk Me Now <= 2.0 - Reflected XSS (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-12709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12709/): Bulk Me Now <= 2.0 - Message Deletion via CSRF (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12708 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12708 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Bulk Me Now!, published on 30 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12708 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Bulk Me Now!. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12708/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12708/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12708
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12708
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12708

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12708/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.