Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Jan 7, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-12499
CVE-2024-12499
Description
The WP jQuery DataTable plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wp_jdt' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products
2<=4.0.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=4.0.1
- (no CPE)range: <=4.0.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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