{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8656 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8656 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2024-8656 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in algoritmika WPFactory Helper, published on 13 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8656 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-8656 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in algoritmika WPFactory Helper, published on 13 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8656 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: algoritmika WPFactory Helper. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8656/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8656/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-8656","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8656/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-8656","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-pf4v-hxvm-3ch8"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via reflected XSS in WPFactory Helper, requiring user interaction to execute.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"wpfactory_helper","vendor":"wpfactory"}],"cvss":{"score":6.1,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"The WPFactory Helper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WPFactory Helper \u003c= 1.7.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2024-8656","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Garden Gnome Package \u003c= 2.2.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2024-8657"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Mercury MNVR816 web-static file access","id":"CVE-2024-8655"},"products":["WPFactory Helper"],"published":"2024-09-13","related":[{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"WordPress WPFactory Helper Plugin \u003c= 1.5.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-36689","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-08-05"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["algoritmika"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via reflected XSS in WPFactory Helper, requiring user interaction to execute.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8656/"}