PT-2025-21494 · WordPress · Pvn Auth Popup

Bob Matyas · Published 2025-05-15 · Updated 2025-05-16 · CVE-2024-6718

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: PVN Auth Popup WordPress plugin versions 1.0.0 and earlier

Description: The issue concerns the PVN Auth Popup WordPress plugin, which does not properly validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them in a page or post. This could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations: For PVN Auth Popup WordPress plugin versions 1.0.0 and earlier, update to a version that properly validates and escapes shortcode attributes to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-6718

Affected Products

Pvn Auth Popup

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7d28ea72-8c3b-4607-b877-7b10d954fef9 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6718 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1923235079859392809 · Twitter Post