CVE-2024-4061: The Survey Maker WordPress plugin before 4.2.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks e

medium Affects survey-maker (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published 2024-05-21; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The Survey Maker WordPress plugin before 4.2.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks e

Package: survey-maker (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <4.2.9
Fixed in: 4.2.9
Severity: medium CVSS 4.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (36.5th percentile)
Published: 2024-05-21
Source: nvd

References

CWE-79

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