CVE-2024-44040

WordPress ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling plugin <= 4.9.64 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

5.9 Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in plainware ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling shiftcontroller allows Stored XSS.This issue affects ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling: from n/a through <= 4.9.64.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: High
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.27%Up 0.2 points since Oct 7, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.9

WordPress ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling plugin <= 4.9.64 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Record: CVE-2024-44040
CVSS 3.1: 5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-40822 5.9

Record: EUVD-2024-40822
CVSS 3.1: 5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pmr5-x36w-pvfp 5.9

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 Plainware ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling allows Stored XSS.This issue affects ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling: from n/a through 4.9.64.

Record: GHSA-pmr5-x36w-pvfp
CVSS 3.1: 5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.9

Record: CVE-2024-44040
CVSS 3.1: 5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

plainware shiftcontroller employee shift scheduling

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-44040 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Plainware Shiftcontroller Employee Shift Scheduling, published October 6, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 19th percentile. No source names a fixed version.