CVE-2024-12409

Summary

CVE-2024-12409: The Simple:Press Forum plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to 6.10.11, has a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This issue stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 's' parameter. An attacker can exploit this flaw by injecting malicious web scripts, potentially tricking users into clicking on a malicious link and executing the code. Unauthenticated attackers can leverage this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access or steal sensitive data.

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