# CVE-2024-37472: WordPress Woffice theme <= 5.4.8 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users, potentially leading to session hijacking or site defacement.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 4 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j36g-v6mv-g3hp

## What is CVE-2024-37472?

CVE-2024-37472 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WofficeIO Woffice, published on 4 Jul 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

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WofficeIO Woffice woffice.This issue affects Woffice: from n/a through <= 5.4.8.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37472?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Xtendify Woffice.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-37472?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37472 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-37472 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in WofficeIO Woffice

- [CVE-2025-2798](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2798/): Woffice <= 5.4.21 - Authentication Bypass via Registration Role (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-43234](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43234/): WordPress Woffice theme <= 5.4.14 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-43153](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43153/): WordPress Woffice theme <= 5.4.10 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-2780](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2780/): Woffice Core <= 5.4.21 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-37470](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37470/): WordPress Woffice Core plugin <= 5.4.8 - Unauthenticated Broken Access Control vulnerability (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37472 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-37472 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WofficeIO Woffice, published on 4 Jul 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-2024-37472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: WofficeIO Woffice. 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-2024-37472/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37472/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37472
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37472
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37472

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37472/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.