Spice Starter SitesWordPress extension · Spicethemes
CVE-2024-44003
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 spicethemes Spice Starter Sites spice-starter-sites allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Spice Starter Sites: from n/a through <= 1.2.5.
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 confidenceReflected XSS vulnerability in Spice Starter Sites WordPress plugin allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript via unsanitized user input that gets rendered in web pages. The improper neutralization of input during page generation enables arbitrary script execution in victim browsers.
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
Spice Starter SitesWordPress extension
<= 1.2.5CVSS 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 Spice Starter Sites plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Spice Starter Sites' by Spicethemes, or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for the spice-starter-sites folderAffected if The plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
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Determine installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin_plugins page, find Spice Starter Sites and note the version number displayed under the plugin name, or inspect the main plugin file (e.g., spice-starter-sites.php) and look for the 'Version' header commentAffected if Version is 1.2.5 or lower (any version <= 1.2.5)
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Confirm plugin handles user inputReview plugin source code for $_GET, $_POST, or $_REQUEST parameters that are echoed or rendered in page output without sanitization functions such as esc_html(), esc_attr(), or wp_kses()Affected if User-supplied parameters are reflected in HTML output without proper sanitization
The site is affected if Spice Starter Sites plugin version 1.2.5 or lower is installed and active, and the plugin processes and reflects user input without sanitization.
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.
From vendor dataUpdate Spice Starter Sites plugin to latest patched version; if no patch available, implement proper input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied parameters before rendering.
Fix this in Spice Starter Sites
Scoped from the published advisory
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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-2024-44003 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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