CVE-2024-5730 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Pagerank tools WordPress plugin through 1.1.5 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Published: 2024-06-28

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Pagerank tools

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.1.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mahype:pagerank_tools:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00395.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/17482b2c-c9ba-480a-8000-879baf835af7/

History

Mon, 19 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Mahype Mahype pagerank Tools
Weaknesses		CWE-79
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:mahype:pagerank_tools::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Mahype Mahype pagerank Tools

Subscriptions

Mahype Pagerank Tools

Svenwagener Pagerank Tools

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-06-28T06:00:05.085Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:18:07.116Z

Reserved: 2024-06-07T03:51:26.882Z

Link: CVE-2024-5730

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-06-28T14:21:17.548Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-28T06:15:06.867

Modified: 2026-06-17T08:16:33.037

Link: CVE-2024-5730

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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