CVE-2024-49269
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 · uneditedUnauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in my flatonica <= 0.0.8 versions.
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 confidenceAn unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in my flatonica plugin versions 0.0.8 and below, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious scripts into the application without requiring any authentication credentials.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS 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
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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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Locate flatonica plugin installationIdentify where the flatonica plugin is installed in your environment (e.g., WordPress plugins directory, plugin manifest, or file system search for 'flatonica' directory or files)Affected if The flatonica plugin is present in your environment
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Determine installed flatonica versionAccess the plugin metadata (such as the plugin header comment in the main PHP file, a version.txt, composer.json, or package.json file within the flatonica plugin directory) and extract the version numberAffected if The installed version is 0.0.8 or any version lower than 0.0.8
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Identify plugin entry pointsExamine the plugin source code for PHP files that handle incoming HTTP requests (look for $_GET, $_POST, $_REQUEST, or similar superglobal variables) and determine which endpoints or parameters accept user input without authenticationAffected if The plugin exposes unauthenticated input handlers that process user-supplied data
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Verify lack of input sanitizationReview the plugin code where user input is received and check whether functions like htmlspecialchars, esc_html, strip_tags, or other sanitization functions are applied before the data is output or renderedAffected if User-supplied data is output or rendered in the browser without sanitization or encoding
Your environment is affected if the flatonica plugin is installed with version 0.0.8 or below and the plugin processes and displays user input without sanitization on unauthenticated endpoints.
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 · scopedUpgrade to a version newer than 0.0.8, or apply proper input sanitization and output encoding to all user-supplied data before rendering in the browser.
my flatonica version > 0.0.8 (check vendor for latest stable release)
- 1. Update my flatonica plugin/theme to the latest available version from the official WordPress repository or vendor source
- 2. Verify the update was applied successfully by checking the installed version number
- 3. Test the application to confirm the XSS vulnerability is no longer present
- 4. If direct upgrade is not immediately possible, consider using a WAF (Web Application Firewall) rule to filter malicious XSS payloads until upgrade can be completed
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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-2024-49269 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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