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CVE-2024-13098: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WordPress Email Newsletter WordPress plugin through version 1.1 contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered in early 2025 and assigned CVE-2024-13098. The issue affects high-privilege users such as administrators (WPScan, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from improper sanitization and escaping of a parameter before it is output back in the page. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability can be exploited through the admin interface at the path 'wp-admin/admin.php?page=view-subscriber&search=' (WPScan, NVD).

Impact

When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of high-privilege users' browsers, potentially leading to account compromise or other malicious actions (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no known fix available for this vulnerability. Users of the WordPress Email Newsletter plugin should consider implementing additional security measures or temporarily disabling the plugin until a patch is released (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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