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medium 4.3

CVE-2013-1409 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the CommentLuv plugin before 2.92.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary w…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-1447

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.5%
EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the CommentLuv plugin before 2.92.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _ajax_nonce parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-38296)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-38296 WordPress Plugin CommentLuv - '_ajax_nonce' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2013-02-06
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120090/WordPress-CommentLuv-2.92.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-02/0031.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • htbridge.com https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23138 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
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References

Sources

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