PWA for WP Plugin up to 1.7.71 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PWA for WP Plugin up to 1.7.71 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-7759. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in PWA for WP Plugin up to 1.7.71 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block 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 PWA for WP WordPress plugin before 1.7.72 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 shared by Krugov Artyom. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-7759 since 08/13/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. 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.

Upgrading to version 1.7.72 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-15262). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Name

• PWA for WP Plugin

Version

• 1.7.0
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.2
• 1.7.3
• 1.7.4
• 1.7.5
• 1.7.6
• 1.7.7
• 1.7.8
• 1.7.9
• 1.7.10
• 1.7.11
• 1.7.12
• 1.7.13
• 1.7.14
• 1.7.15
• 1.7.16
• 1.7.17
• 1.7.18
• 1.7.19
• 1.7.20
• 1.7.21
• 1.7.22
• 1.7.23
• 1.7.24
• 1.7.25
• 1.7.26
• 1.7.27
• 1.7.28
• 1.7.29
• 1.7.30
• 1.7.31
• 1.7.32
• 1.7.33
• 1.7.34
• 1.7.35
• 1.7.36
• 1.7.37
• 1.7.38
• 1.7.39
• 1.7.40
• 1.7.41
• 1.7.42
• 1.7.43
• 1.7.44
• 1.7.45
• 1.7.46
• 1.7.47
• 1.7.48
• 1.7.49
• 1.7.50
• 1.7.51
• 1.7.52
• 1.7.53
• 1.7.54
• 1.7.55
• 1.7.56
• 1.7.57
• 1.7.58
• 1.7.59
• 1.7.60
• 1.7.61
• 1.7.62
• 1.7.63
• 1.7.64
• 1.7.65
• 1.7.66
• 1.7.67
• 1.7.68
• 1.7.69
• 1.7.70
• 1.7.71

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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