CVE-2024-35708
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in apollo13themes Rife Free allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Rife Free: from n/a through 2.4.19.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceStored XSS vulnerability in the Rife Free WordPress theme where user-supplied input is not properly sanitized before being rendered in web pages, allowing attackers to inject malicious JavaScript that executes in the browsers of other users.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 2.4.20CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed Rife Free theme versionLocate the theme's style.css file (typically in /wp-content/themes/rife-free/) and read the 'Version:' header, or use WordPress admin appearance section to view theme detailsAffected if Version is less than 2.4.20
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Confirm theme is activeCheck WordPress admin under Appearance > Themes to verify Rife Free is the active themeAffected if Rife Free theme is currently active on the WordPress site
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Review theme template files for user input renderingExamine PHP files in the theme directory that handle user-submitted content (such as comment templates, search forms, or user profile fields) for instances where output does not use escaping functions like esc_html(), esc_attr(), or esc_url()Affected if Theme template files contain user input output without proper escaping functions
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Inspect admin settings for unsanitized fieldsReview any theme customizer options, meta boxes, or theme-specific settings that accept user input and display it on the frontend, checking if values are sanitized before storage and encoding before outputAffected if Admin-configurable fields store and display user input without sanitization/encoding
Environment is affected if Rife Free theme version is below 2.4.20 and any user-provided input (comments, form submissions, theme settings) can be rendered in pages without proper output encoding.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped2.4.20
Apply output encoding and input sanitization to all user inputs and theme template files; update to patched version if available.
Rife Free 2.4.20
- Backup your WordPress site before making any changes
- Navigate to Appearance > Themes in the WordPress admin dashboard
- Locate the Rife Free theme and update to version 2.4.20
- Verify the theme update was successful by checking the version number
- Consider testing key theme functionality to ensure the update did not introduce issues
- Ensure all other WordPress themes and plugins are also kept up to date
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-35708 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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