CVE-2024-13736 Pure Chat – Live Chat & More! <= 2.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via purechatWidgetName Parameter
Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via the purechatWidgetName parameter, leading to script execution in user browsers.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13736?
CVE-2024-13736 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in pure-chat Pure Chat – Live Chat & More!, published on 19 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 Pure Chat – Live Chat & More! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘purechatWidgetName’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13736?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Purechat Pure Chat.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13736?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13736 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-2024-13736 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13736 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in pure-chat Pure Chat – Live Chat & More!
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7ch8-4hvj-r54q.