CVE-2024-5472 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP QuickLaTeX WordPress plugin before 3.8.7 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).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

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 0.00129.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Holoborodko	Wp Quicklatex

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:holoborodko:wp_quicklatex:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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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/dcddc2de-c32c-4f8c-8490-f3d980b05822/

History

Tue, 13 May 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Holoborodko Holoborodko wp Quicklatex
Weaknesses		CWE-79
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:holoborodko:wp_quicklatex::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Holoborodko Holoborodko wp Quicklatex

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-07-13T06:00:11.980Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:11:12.763Z

Reserved: 2024-05-29T13:08:29.867Z

Link: CVE-2024-5472

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:11:12.763Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-13T06:15:05.000

Modified: 2025-05-13T16:16:25.433

Link: CVE-2024-5472

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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