CVE-2024-13850 Simple add pages or posts <= 2.0.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Administrators can inject scripts in multi-site or restricted HTML environments, affecting WordPress users of this plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13850?
CVE-2024-13850 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ramon-fincken Simple add pages or posts, published on 8 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Simple add pages or posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13850?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mijnpress Simple Add Pages or Posts.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13850?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13850 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-2024-13850 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13850 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in ramon-fincken Simple add pages or posts
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r8pq-34wv-r78m.