Wp ExtendedWordPress extension · Wpextended
CVE-2024-37259
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 ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WP Extended The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended wpextended.This issue affects The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended: from n/a through <= 2.4.7.
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 confidenceThis is a stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP Extended WordPress plugin (versions through 2.4.7). The plugin fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before rendering it in web pages, allowing authenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript that executes in the browsers of users who view affected content.
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
Wp ExtendedWordPress extension
< 3.0.0CVSS 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
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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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Verify WP Extended plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'WP Extended' or 'Wpextended' in the listAffected if Plugin is present in the plugins list
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Check installed version numberIn the Plugins page, locate the version number displayed beneath the plugin name 'WP Extended'Affected if Version shown is less than 3.0.0 (for example, 2.4.7 or earlier)
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Confirm plugin is activeIn Plugins > Installed Plugins, verify the WP Extended plugin shows 'Active' statusAffected if Plugin is active and version is below 3.0.0
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Identify user input featuresAccess the WP Extended plugin settings panel to see which features accept user-supplied input (such as custom content fields, shortcodes, or content injection points)Affected if Authenticated users can submit content through the plugin and version is below 3.0.0
If the WP Extended plugin is installed, active, and running a version lower than 3.0.0, the environment is vulnerable to this stored XSS flaw.
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 · scoped3.0.0
Update the WP Extended plugin to the latest version once available. Until then, restrict administrative access, implement Content Security Policy headers, and consider deploying a Web Application Firewall.
3.0.0
- Backup your WordPress site database and files
- Ensure your WordPress core version is compatible with WP Extended 3.0.0
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins in WordPress admin dashboard
- Deactivate the current version of WP Extended
- Delete the existing WP Extended plugin
- Navigate to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
- Upload and install WP Extended version 3.0.0 or later
- Activate the new version
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Wp Extended
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-37259 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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