CVE-2024-4755
Google CSE <= 1.0.7 - Admin+ Stored XSS
The Google CSE WordPress plugin through 1.0.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
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
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Google CSE WordPress plugin through 1.0.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
CVE-2024-4755- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Google CSE <= 1.0.7 - Admin+ Stored XSS
The Google CSE WordPress plugin through 1.0.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
CVE-2024-4755- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-44352
The Google CSE WordPress plugin through 1.0.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
EUVD-2024-44352- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3c3g-q64x-8mfv
The Google CSE WordPress plugin through 1.0.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings,...
The Google CSE WordPress plugin through 1.0.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
GHSA-3c3g-q64x-8mfv- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-4755 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Erikeng Google Cse, published June 21, 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.