CVE-2024-43949
WordPress GHActivity plugin <= 2.0.0-alpha - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic GHActivity allows Stored XSS.This issue affects GHActivity: from n/a through 2.0.0-alpha.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress GHActivity plugin <= 2.0.0-alpha - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic GHActivity allows Stored XSS.This issue affects GHActivity: from n/a through 2.0.0-alpha.
- Record
CVE-2024-43949- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-40598
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic GHActivity allows Stored XSS.This issue affects GHActivity: from n/a through 2.0.0-alpha.
- Record
EUVD-2024-40598- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hhfv-px9r-qrj6
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')...
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic GHActivity allows Stored XSS.This issue affects GHActivity: from n/a through 2.0.0-alpha.
- Record
GHSA-hhfv-px9r-qrj6- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic GHActivity allows Stored XSS.This issue affects GHActivity: from n/a through 2.0.0-alpha.
- Record
CVE-2024-43949- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - 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
OSV
WordPress GHActivity plugin <= 2.0.0-alpha - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic GHActivity allows Stored XSS.This issue affects GHActivity: from n/a through 2.0.0-alpha.
- Record
CVE-2024-43949- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-43949 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Automattic Ghactivity, published August 29, 2024. 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.
References
patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/ghactivity/wordpress-ghactivity-plugin-2-0-0-alpha-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43949
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hhfv-px9r-qrj6