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CVE-2024-8703 (GCVE-0-2024-8703)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-15 20:07 – Updated: 2025-05-17 03:05
VLAI
Title
Z-Downloads < 1.11.6 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Summary
The Z-Downloads WordPress plugin before 1.11.6 does not sanitise and escape some parameters when outputting them in the page, which could allow unauthenticated visitors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks when accessing share URLs.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-17 03:04 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/604e990e-9bec-46… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Z-Downloads Affected: 0 , < 1.11.6 (semver)
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Credits
Minh Giang & Christopher Houk WPScan
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