Medium severity · published May 15, 2025
CVE-2024-8492
Hustle < 7.8.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS
4.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Hustle WordPress plugin through 7.8.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HU
Hustle ·
through 7.8.5 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8492
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8492
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c7437eba-8e91-4fcc-82a3-ff8908b36877/
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