CVE-2024-3669: The Web Directory Free WordPress plugin before 1.7.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used aga

medium Affects web-directory-free (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Web Directory Free WordPress plugin before 1.7.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used aga

Package
web-directory-free (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.7.2
Fixed in
1.7.2
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (42.8th percentile)
Published
2024-07-30
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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