# CVE-2024-27965: WordPress WPFunnels plugin <= 3.0.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the WPFunnels WordPress plugin, potentially leading to session hijacking or site defacement.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9397-pxm9-3w6r

## What is CVE-2024-27965?

CVE-2024-27965 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WPFunnels, published on 21 Mar 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WPFunnels WPFunnels wpfunnels.This issue affects WPFunnels: from n/a through <= 3.0.6.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27965?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Getwpfunnels Wpfunnels.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-27965?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27965 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-27965 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27965 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in WPFunnels

- [CVE-2023-37977](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37977/): WordPress WPFunnels Plugin <= 2.7.16 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-27965 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-27965 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WPFunnels, published on 21 Mar 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27965 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: WPFunnels. 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-2024-27965/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27965/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27965
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27965
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27965

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27965/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.