CVE-2024-6272 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The SpiderContacts WordPress plugin through 1.1.7 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Published: 2024-07-31

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

SpiderContacts

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.1.7

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:10web:spidercontacts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00345.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/146b94df-7fc6-4da3-9ef1-d2875ae3fa9e/

History

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		10web 10web spidercontacts
Weaknesses		CWE-79
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:10web:spidercontacts::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		10web 10web spidercontacts

Subscriptions

10web Spidercontacts

Spidercontacts Spidercontacts Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-07-31T06:00:02.822Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T15:00:41.459Z

Reserved: 2024-06-22T21:22:03.075Z

Link: CVE-2024-6272

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T15:00:34.493Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-31T06:15:03.637

Modified: 2026-06-17T08:17:40.637

Link: CVE-2024-6272

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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