Ramon Fincken Auto Prune Posts Plugin up to 2.x on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ramon Fincken Auto Prune Posts Plugin up to 2.x on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-10639. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ramon Fincken Auto Prune Posts Plugin up to 2.x on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Auto Prune Posts WordPress plugin before 3.0.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

The weakness was published by Bob Matyas. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-10639 since 10/31/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-15347). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Auto Prune Posts Plugin 3.0.0

Timelineinfo

10/31/2024 🔍
05/16/2025 +196 days 🔍
05/16/2025 +0 days 🔍
06/12/2025 +27 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Bob Matyas
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-10639 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-10639
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-309155
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2025 08:15
Updated: 06/12/2025 17:19
Changes: 05/16/2025 08:15 (58), 05/20/2025 23:47 (1), 06/12/2025 17:19 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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