# CVE-2024-13115: WP Projects Portfolio with Client Testimonials <= 3.0 - Stored XSS via CSRF

> Attackers can inject stored XSS payloads via CSRF, allowing admin account takeover in the WP Projects Portfolio plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 4 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 4 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v6qj-7vmr-f46c

## What is CVE-2024-13115?

CVE-2024-13115 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Projects Portfolio with Client Testimonials, published on 4 Feb 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 WP Projects Portfolio with Client Testimonials WordPress plugin through 3.0 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13115?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phptechie Wp Projects Portfolio With Client Testimonials.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13115?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13115 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13115 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13115 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP Projects Portfolio with Client Testimonials

- [CVE-2024-13114](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13114/): WP Projects Portfolio with Client Testimonials <= 3.0 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13115 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13115 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Projects Portfolio with Client Testimonials, published on 4 Feb 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: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13115 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown WP Projects Portfolio with Client Testimonials. 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-2024-13115/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13115/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13115
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13115
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13115

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13115/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.