CVE-2024-13779
Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin <= 1.16.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'index' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin <= 1.16.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'index' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
CVE-2024-13779- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-53992
The Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'index' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
EUVD-2024-53992- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ggf2-5pvw-h694
The Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to...
The Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'index' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
GHSA-ggf2-5pvw-h694- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'index' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
CVE-2024-13779- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2024-13779 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Heroplugins Hero Mega Menu - Responsive Wordpress Menu Plugin, published March 5, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 17th percentile. No source names a fixed version.