Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
A WordPress restaurant review plugin can store malicious script in content that later runs in another user's browser. Business impact is moderate: account actions or site trust could be affected, but the provided evidence shows limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact and no confirmed active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate WordPress exposure requiring normal patch-cycle action. Prioritize public sites, sites with multiple content contributors, and sites where WordPress administrator sessions are commonly active.
Technical view
CVE-2024-24838 is a stored XSS flaw (CWE-79) in Five Star Plugins Five Star Restaurant Reviews, package good-reviews-wp, affecting versions through 2.3.5. CVSS 3.1 is 6.5 with network access, low complexity, low privileges, required user interaction, changed scope, and low C/I/A impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to WordPress sites with Five Star Restaurant Reviews installed at version 2.3.5 or earlier. The bundle does not identify affected roles, vulnerable fields, or whether unauthenticated visitors can trigger stored content.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not report CISA KEV listing or active exploitation. The CVSS vector indicates exploitation requires low privileges and user interaction, consistent with stored XSS viewed by another user in the WordPress or site context.
Researcher notes
Evidence is enough to classify affected product, version ceiling, weakness class, and CVSS characteristics. It is incomplete on vulnerable parameter, fixed version, exploit maturity, and practical prerequisites beyond PR:L and UI:R, so validation should stay defensive and source-grounded.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the good-reviews-wp plugin.
- Flag Five Star Restaurant Reviews versions 2.3.5 or earlier.
- Check vendor, WordPress, or Patchstack guidance for a fixed release.
- Disable or remove the plugin where no safe version is available.
- Limit plugin access to trusted users until remediated.
Validation and detection
- Confirm plugin name, package slug, and installed version on each WordPress site.
- Review site roles that can create or edit plugin review content.
- Check whether suspicious scripts appear in stored review-related fields.
- Verify remediation by confirming the vulnerable plugin version is no longer present.
Public sources used
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L2.33.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Source materials
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CWE details
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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.