# CVE-2024-44045: WordPress WP Abstracts plugin <= 2.6.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the WP Abstracts plugin, potentially executing code in victim browsers.

- **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:** 6 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 12 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qpf3-837j-ppgx

## What is CVE-2024-44045?

CVE-2024-44045 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kevon Adonis WP Abstracts, published on 6 Oct 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 Kevon Adonis WP Abstracts wp-abstracts-manuscripts-manager allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Abstracts: from n/a through <= 2.6.5.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44045?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Kevonadonis Wp Abstracts.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-44045?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-44045 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-44045 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44045 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Kevon Adonis WP Abstracts

- [CVE-2024-12386](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12386/): WP Abstracts <= 2.7.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Account Deletion (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-29385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29385/): WordPress WP Abstracts Plugin <= 2.6.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-12385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12385/): WP Abstracts <= 2.7.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-50411](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50411/): WordPress WP Abstracts plugin <= 2.7.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2023-28692](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28692/): WordPress WP Abstracts Plugin <= 2.6.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-44045 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-44045 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kevon Adonis WP Abstracts, published on 6 Oct 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-2024-44045 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Kevon Adonis WP Abstracts. 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-2024-44045/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44045/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-44045
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44045
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-44045

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44045/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.