CVE-2024-13097 | WP Finance <= 1.3.6 - Reflected XSS

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The WP Finance WordPress plugin through 1.3.6 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 admin.

Published: 2025-02-01 Last update: 2025-05-12 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-13097 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.22%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.20% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-13097

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-13097

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 2026-03-12 1.03% 3.22% +2.20%
2 2026-02-18 2.27% 1.03% -1.25%
3 2026-02-12 2.27%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-13097

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N 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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
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:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.5 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-13097

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-13097

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mch0lic wp_finance <= 1.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:mch0lic:wp_finance:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2024-13097

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