Script execution via unescaped request URL
Published Dec 6, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Reflected XSS in ForumWP 2.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute scripts in a user’s browser through a crafted link. The admin email-list table passes request-derived URLs through add_query_arg and remove_query_arg, then renders the results without esc_url escaping. A victim must open the attacker-supplied link; the script runs in that victim’s WordPress origin and can read or alter data available to the session.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in ForumWP 2.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute scripts in a user’s browser through a crafted link. The admin email-list table passes request-derived URLs through add_query_arg and remove_query_arg, then renders the results without esc_url escaping. A victim must open the attacker-supplied link; the script runs in that victim’s WordPress origin and can read or alter data available to the session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-10879
- Published
- Dec 6, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Ultimate Member Group Ltd
- Product
- ForumWP
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 6, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2.1.2
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