# CVE-2024-1379: Website Article Monetization By MageNet <= 1.0.11 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the abp_auth_key parameter, leading to code execution or account takeover when users view affected pages.

- **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:** 20 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4gqf-hq99-2fwr

## What is CVE-2024-1379?

CVE-2024-1379 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Website Article Monetization By MageNet, published on 20 Mar 2024. 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 Website Article Monetization By MageNet plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'abp_auth_key' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.11 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping and a missing authorization check. 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1379?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Magenet Website Article Monetization.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1379?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1379 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1379 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1379 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1379 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1379 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Website Article Monetization By MageNet, published on 20 Mar 2024. 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-2024-1379 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Website Article Monetization By MageNet. 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-2024-1379/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1379/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1379
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1379
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1379

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1379/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.