# CVE-2024-3635: The Post Grid < 7.5.0 - Editor+ Stored XSS via Grid Creation

> High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via Grid settings in the Post Grid WordPress plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 30 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 30 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v46p-p3v7-38cg

## What is CVE-2024-3635?

CVE-2024-3635 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown The Post Grid, published on 30 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Post Grid  WordPress plugin before 7.5.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its Grid settings, which could allow high privilege users such as Editor and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3635?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Radiustheme the Post Grid.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3635?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3635 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3635 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3635 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown The Post Grid

- [CVE-2024-35739](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35739/): WordPress The Post Grid plugin <= 7.7.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-1427](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1427/): The Post Grid <= 7.7.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via section title tag (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-39923](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39923/): WordPress The Post Grid Plugin <= 7.2.7 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-7418](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7418/): The Post Grid <= 7.7.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Information Disclosure (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2022-46853](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46853/): WordPress The Post Grid Plugin <= 5.0.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3635 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3635 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown The Post Grid, published on 30 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3635 exists.

Affected product: Unknown The Post Grid. 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-2024-3635/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3635/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3635
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3635
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3635

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3635/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.