{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8981 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8981 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2024-8981 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpmudev Broken Link Checker, published on 1 Oct 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-2024-8981 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-8981 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpmudev Broken Link Checker, published on 1 Oct 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-2024-8981 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: wpmudev Broken Link Checker. 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-2024-8981/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8981/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-8981","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8981/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-8981","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-jxg7-pw76-5mph"],"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 the Broken Link Checker plugin, requiring user interaction to execute.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.1,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-80","name":"Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page"}],"description":"The Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg in /app/admin-notices/features/class-view.php without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.0. 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":"Broken Link Checker \u003c= 2.4.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2024-8981","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Local File Inclusion in bentoml/openllm","id":"CVE-2024-8982"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF in the Script Console","id":"CVE-2024-8980"},"products":["Broken Link Checker"],"published":"2024-10-01","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"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":["wpmudev"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via reflected XSS in the Broken Link Checker plugin, requiring user interaction to execute.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8981/"}