Stored XSS via forged privileged-user requests
Published Dec 16, 2024 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in ljmacphee Category of Posts 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to plant stored XSS payloads. Patchstack has not disclosed the affected request handler, input field, or operation that stores attacker-controlled script content. Exploitation requires a privileged WordPress user to interact with a crafted link, page, or form, after which the stored payload executes in a later browser context.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in ljmacphee Category of Posts 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to plant stored XSS payloads. Patchstack has not disclosed the affected request handler, input field, or operation that stores attacker-controlled script content. Exploitation requires a privileged WordPress user to interact with a crafted link, page, or form, after which the stored payload executes in a later browser context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-54427
- Published
- Dec 16, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- ljmacphee
- Product
- Category of Posts
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1204.001
- 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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