CVE-2024-9230 PowerPress Podcasting < 11.9.18 - Author+ XSS via Podcast URL

What is CVE-2024-9230?

CVE-2024-9230 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry, published on 14 Apr 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry WordPress plugin before 11.9.18 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings when adding a podcast, which could allow author and above users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9230?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Blubrry Powerpress.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9230?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9230 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-2024-9230 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9230 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry

• CVE-2021-24123 PowerPress < 8.3.8 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload leading to RCE High 7.2
• CVE-2023-41239 WordPress PowerPress Podcasting Plugin <= 11.0.6 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Medium 6.4
• CVE-2023-30778 WordPress PowerPress Podcasting Plugin <= 10.0.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Medium 5.5
• CVE-2023-4820 PowerPress Podcasting < 11.0.12 - Contributor+ Stored XSS Medium 5.4
• CVE-2023-1917 PowerPress <= 10.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Medium 5.4

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5q67-5hpv-7q5r.