CVE-2024-6718 PVN Auth Popup <= 1.0.0 - Contributor+ XSS via Shortcode
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes in the PVN Auth Popup plugin, potentially leading to session hijacking or site compromise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6718?
CVE-2024-6718 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown PVN Auth Popup, published on 15 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The PVN Auth Popup WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6718?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freebiesdownload Pvn Auth Popup.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6718?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6718 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-6718 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6718 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown PVN Auth Popup
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8rhc-9wf9-c4f6.