CVE-2024-0249 | Advanced Schedule Posts <= 2.1.8 - Reflected XSS

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The Advanced Schedule Posts WordPress plugin through 2.1.8 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

Published: 2025-05-15 Last update: 2025-11-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-0249 is rated Exploit Available (58.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.20%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-0249

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-0249

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-11 0.09% 0.20% +0.12%
2 2025-10-12 0.18% 0.09% -0.09%
3 2025-10-11 0.18%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-0249

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
2.8 3.7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-0249

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-0249

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hijiriworld advanced_schedule_posts <= 2.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:hijiriworld:advanced_schedule_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2024-0249

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