CVE-2024-4487
Blocksy Companion <= 2.0.45 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG Uploads
The Blocksy Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG uploads in versions up to, and including, 2.0.45 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, 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
Blocksy Companion <= 2.0.45 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG Uploads
The Blocksy Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG uploads in versions up to, and including, 2.0.45 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
CVE-2024-4487- 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-2024-44101
The Blocksy Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG uploads in versions up to, and including, 2.0.45 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
EUVD-2024-44101- 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-9mgf-hh2m-346c
The Blocksy Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG...
The Blocksy Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG uploads in versions up to, and including, 2.0.45 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
GHSA-9mgf-hh2m-346c- 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 Blocksy Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG uploads in versions up to, and including, 2.0.45 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
CVE-2024-4487- 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-2024-4487 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Creativethemes Blocksy Companion, published May 11, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5208529c-4ac3-42a4-82d0-7f4d2e486236?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blocksy-companion/tags/2.0.45/framework/features/svg.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4487
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9mgf-hh2m-346c