appsbd Simple Notification Plugin up to 1.3 on WordPress cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in appsbd Simple Notification Plugin up to 1.3 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-13866. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in appsbd Simple Notification Plugin up to 1.3 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Simple Notification plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

The weakness was published by Pham Van Tam. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-13866 since 02/12/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• appsbd

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• Simple Notification Plugin

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3

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