# CVE-2024-6753: Social Auto Poster <= 5.3.14 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via the mapTypes parameter, leading to stored XSS execution when users access affected pages.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2vfh-6ppw-453g

## What is CVE-2024-6753?

CVE-2024-6753 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WPWeb Social Auto Poster, published on 24 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘mapTypes’ parameter in the 'wpw_auto_poster_map_wordpress_post_type' AJAX function in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6753?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpwebinfotech Social Auto Poster.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6753?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6753 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6753 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6753 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Social Auto Poster <= 5.3.14 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-6753.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in WPWeb Social Auto Poster

- [CVE-2024-6756](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6756/): Social Auto Poster <= 5.3.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-6750](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6750/): Social Auto Poster <= 5.3.14 - Missing Authorization via Multiple Functions (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-47369](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47369/): WordPress Social Auto Poster plugin <= 5.3.15 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-6755](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6755/): Social Auto Poster <= 5.3.14 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-6752](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6752/): Social Auto Poster <= 5.3.14 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6753 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6753 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WPWeb Social Auto Poster, published on 24 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6753 exists.

Affected product: WPWeb Social Auto Poster. 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-2024-6753/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6753/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6753
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6753
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6753

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6753/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.