User Messages <= 1.2.4 - Reflected XSS

published 2025-01-31 21 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-51441

cvss: 6.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits: 0; none known, plus a Nuclei check

The User Messages WordPress plugin through 1.2.4 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 against high privilege users such as admin.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-31)

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Nuclei template WordPress User Messages <= 1.2.4 - Reflected XSS nuclei detection template
wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/069e1f81-448d-4d27-b288-87111dade2f2/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

Unknown User Messages

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wpscan.com /vulnerability/069e1f81-448d-4d27-b288-87111dade2f2/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-13222
NVD CVE-2024-13222

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary