Stored XSS via missing settings-update nonce validation
Published Dec 16, 2024 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Wp Login with Ajax 0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject stored scripts via forged settings requests. A settings-update handler accepts attacker-chosen values without correctly validating a WordPress nonce, causing the values to be stored and later rendered as script-capable content. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to visit or submit attacker-controlled content; the injected script then executes in later visitors’ browser sessions.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Wp Login with Ajax 0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject stored scripts via forged settings requests. A settings-update handler accepts attacker-chosen values without correctly validating a WordPress nonce, causing the values to be stored and later rendered as script-capable content. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to visit or submit attacker-controlled content; the injected script then executes in later visitors’ browser sessions.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-54416
- Published
- Dec 16, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Navdeep Kumar
- Product
- Wp Login with Ajax
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 16, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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