Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 23, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026

CVE-2024-2477

Description

The wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Alternative Text' field of an uploaded image in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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Affected products

Gvectors/Wpdiscuz
cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpdiscuz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <7.6.16
WordPress/Wpdiscuzllm-fuzzy
Range: <=7.6.15
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz

Patches

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3060040/wpdiscuz/trunk/utils/class.WpdiscuzHelperUpload.phpnvdPatch
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3eddc03d-ecff-4b50-a574-7b6b62e53af0nvdThird Party Advisory

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