CVE-2024-0627
Custom Field Template <= 2.6.1 - Authenticated(Constibutor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Field Name
The Custom Field Template plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's custom field name column in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied custom fields. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Custom Field Template <= 2.6.1 - Authenticated(Constibutor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Field Name
The Custom Field Template plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's custom field name column in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied custom fields. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
CVE-2024-0627- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-16420
The Custom Field Template plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's custom field name column in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied custom fields. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
EUVD-2024-16420- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-prm3-v4r8-g2mv
The Custom Field Template plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via...
The Custom Field Template plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's custom field name column in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied custom fields. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
GHSA-prm3-v4r8-g2mv- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Custom Field Template plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's custom field name column in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied custom fields. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
CVE-2024-0627- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-0627 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Hiroaki Miyashita Custom Field Template, published June 11, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 18th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/637f07c6-68cd-4ac6-83fd-65dbaab882fc?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3069937%40custom-field-template&new=3069937%40custom-field-template&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0627
github.com/advisories/GHSA-prm3-v4r8-g2mv