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WordPress Competition Form Plugin <= 2.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2024-12749
Verified

Description

Competition Form 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 victim to visit a maliciously crafted page.

Severity

High

CVSS Score

7.1

Exploit Probability

1%

Affected Product

competition_form

Published Date

February 6, 2026

Template Author

sourabh-sahu

CVE-2024-12749.yaml
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-2024-12749
CWE ID:
cwe-79

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/478316b9-9f47-4aa6-92c6-03879f16a3e5/https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12749

Remediation Steps

Update to the latest version of the plugin where the issue is fixed.