CVE-2024-13098 WP Email Newsletter <= 1.1 - Reflected XSS
Reflected XSS in WP Email Newsletter allows attackers to execute scripts against admins, potentially leading to account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13098?
CVE-2024-13098 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WordPress Email Newsletter, published on 1 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WordPress Email Newsletter WordPress plugin through 1.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13098?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Megamindstechnologies Wordpress Email Newsletter.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13098?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13098 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-13098 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-13098 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vhvv-g6wq-54gp.