CVE-2024-51828

WordPress Beacon For Help Scout plugin <= 1.3.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Dan Griffiths Beacon For Help Scout beacon-for-helpscout allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Beacon For Help Scout: from n/a through <= 1.3.0.

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

0.40%Up 0.4 points since Nov 20, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

WordPress Beacon For Help Scout plugin <= 1.3.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Record: CVE-2024-51828
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS: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-2024-45628 6.5

Record: EUVD-2024-45628
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6vqc-w6hm-2r5w 6.5

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')...

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Daniel J Griffiths Beacon For Help Scout allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Beacon For Help Scout: from n/a through 1.3.0.

Record: GHSA-6vqc-w6hm-2r5w
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS: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 6.5

Record: CVE-2024-51828
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS: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

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-2024-51828 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Dan Griffiths Beacon For Help Scout, published November 19, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.