CVE-2024-8857
WordPress Auction <= 3.7 - Editor+ Stored XSS
The WordPress Auction Plugin WordPress plugin through 3.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
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
CVE List Score used
WordPress Auction <= 3.7 - Editor+ Stored XSS
The WordPress Auction Plugin WordPress plugin through 3.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
CVE-2024-8857- 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
EUVDEUVD-2024-49637
The WordPress Auction Plugin WordPress plugin through 3.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2024-49637- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f8c3-q6gm-6v3x
The WordPress Auction Plugin WordPress plugin through 3.7 does not sanitise and escape some of...
The WordPress Auction Plugin WordPress plugin through 3.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
GHSA-f8c3-q6gm-6v3x- 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
NVD
The WordPress Auction Plugin WordPress plugin through 3.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
CVE-2024-8857- 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, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-8857 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Owen Cutajar & Hyder Jaffari Wordpress Auction Plugin, published January 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.