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Vulnerability details: VCID-m8mf-t2td-67h7
Vulnerability ID VCID-m8mf-t2td-67h7
Aliases CVE-2024-6307
Summary WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the HTML API in various versions prior to 6.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on URLs. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.5
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
epss 0.00635 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-6307
epss 0.00635 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-6307
epss 0.00635 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-6307
epss 0.00635 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-6307
epss 0.00635 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-6307
epss 0.00635 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-6307
epss 0.00635 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-6307
epss 0.00635 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-6307
epss 0.00635 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-6307
cvssv3.1 6.4 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58472
ssvc Track https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58472
cvssv3.1 6.4 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58473
ssvc Track https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58473
cvssv3.1 6.4 https://wordpress.org/news/2024/06/wordpress-6-5-5/
ssvc Track https://wordpress.org/news/2024/06/wordpress-6-5-5/
cvssv3.1 6.4 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc0d36f8-6569-49a1-b722-5cf57c4bb32a?source=cve
ssvc Track https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc0d36f8-6569-49a1-b722-5cf57c4bb32a?source=cve
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-6307
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-6307
1074486 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074486
58472 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58472
58473 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58473
bc0d36f8-6569-49a1-b722-5cf57c4bb32a?source=cve https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc0d36f8-6569-49a1-b722-5cf57c4bb32a?source=cve
wordpress-6-5-5 https://wordpress.org/news/2024/06/wordpress-6-5-5/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58472
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-06T03:09:30Z/ Found at https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58472
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58473
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-06T03:09:30Z/ Found at https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58473
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://wordpress.org/news/2024/06/wordpress-6-5-5/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-06T03:09:30Z/ Found at https://wordpress.org/news/2024/06/wordpress-6-5-5/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc0d36f8-6569-49a1-b722-5cf57c4bb32a?source=cve
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-06T03:09:30Z/ Found at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc0d36f8-6569-49a1-b722-5cf57c4bb32a?source=cve
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.70356
EPSS Score 0.00635
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T16:38:12.320999+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.0.0