CVE-2024-4977 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Index WP MySQL For Speed WordPress plugin before 1.4.18 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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0044.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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

Index WP MySQL For Speed

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.4.18

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:plumislandmedia:index_wp_mysql_for_speed:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Plumislandmedia Subscribe	Index Wp Mysql For Speed Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/89791a80-5cff-4a1a-8163-94b5be4081a5/

History

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Plumislandmedia Plumislandmedia index Wp Mysql For Speed
Weaknesses		CWE-79
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:plumislandmedia:index_wp_mysql_for_speed::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Plumislandmedia Plumislandmedia index Wp Mysql For Speed

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-07-13T06:00:06.897Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:55:10.402Z

Reserved: 2024-05-15T20:24:13.593Z

Link: CVE-2024-4977

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:55:10.402Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-13T06:15:03.440

Modified: 2025-06-13T00:02:24.623

Link: CVE-2024-4977

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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