PT-2025-9816 · WordPress · Staff Directory Plugin

Peter Thaleikis · Published 2025-03-05 · Updated 2025-03-06 · CVE-2024-13839

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Staff Directory Plugin: Company Directory plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 4.3

Description The issue arises from the use of add query arg without proper escaping on the URL, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, which execute when a user performs a specific action, such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 4.3, update to a version that properly escapes URLs to prevent Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-13839

Affected Products

Staff Directory Plugin

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13839 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/staff-directory-pro/#developers · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/19611 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/WolfgangSesin/status/1897250756635279492 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1897377515439624492 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1897506940688744841 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/80203516-8546-441a-b51d-2d09968492b5?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/staff-directory-pro/trunk/include/tgmpa/init.php#L99 · Note