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Plain-English summary
CVE-2024-13665 affects the WordPress Admire Extra plugin up to version 1.6. A logged-in user with Contributor-level access or higher can store malicious script through the plugin's space shortcode. The script runs when someone views the affected page, creating risk to user sessions and site trust.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate-priority WordPress content security issue. It is not described as unauthenticated takeover, but it can expose users to malicious scripts on trusted pages.
Technical view
The issue is stored cross-site scripting in Admire Extra's space shortcode, caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes. It is tracked as CWE-79 with CVSS 3.1 score 6.4. Exploitation requires authenticated low-privilege WordPress access and impacts confidentiality and integrity, not availability.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely on WordPress sites running Admire Extra version 1.6 or earlier, especially where Contributor, Author, Editor, or Administrator accounts can create shortcode content.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show KEV listing or active exploitation. Abuse requires an authenticated Contributor-level or higher account, then stored script execution when an injected page is viewed.
Researcher notes
Focus validation on shortcode attribute handling and stored rendering paths. The source bundle identifies insufficient sanitization and escaping, but does not provide enough evidence to claim exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation direction
- Check whether Admire Extra is installed and identify its version.
- Update or remove Admire Extra according to vendor or WordPress plugin guidance.
- Restrict Contributor-level and higher access to trusted users only.
- Review pages and posts using the space shortcode.
- Monitor WordPress accounts for suspicious content changes.
Validation and detection
- Inventory WordPress sites for the Admire Extra plugin.
- Confirm no site runs Admire Extra version 1.6 or earlier.
- Review shortcode content created by Contributor-level or higher users.
- Verify role assignments do not grant unnecessary content creation permissions.
- Check vendor references for the applicable patched release or changeset.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.4 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N3.12.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.4MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.