# CVE-2024-5575: Ditty < 3.1.43 - Author+ Stored XSS

> Authors can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized block settings in the Ditty WordPress plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 13 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c9r8-cg3x-whrc

## What is CVE-2024-5575?

CVE-2024-5575 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Ditty , published on 13 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

The Ditty  WordPress plugin before 3.1.43 does not sanitise and escape some of its blocks' settings, which could allow high privilege users such as authors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5575?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Metaphorcreations Ditty.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5575?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5575 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5575 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5575 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Ditty 

- [CVE-2025-8085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8085/): Ditty < 3.1.58 - Unauthenticated SSRF (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2023-23874](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23874/): WordPress Ditty Plugin <= 3.0.32 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-6715](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6715/): Ditty 3.1.39-3.1.45 - Author+ Stored XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-4148](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4148/): Ditty < 3.1.25 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-0533](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0533/): Ditty (formerly Ditty News Ticker) < 3.0.15 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5575 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5575 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Ditty , published on 13 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: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5575 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Ditty . 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-2024-5575/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5575/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5575
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5575
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5575

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5575/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.