CVE-2024-24838 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-24838: WordPress Five Star Restaurant Reviews Plugin <= 2.3.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Five Star Plugins
Product Five Star Restaurant Reviews
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published February 5, 2024
Last update April 28, 2026

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Five Star Plugins Five Star Restaurant Reviews allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Five Star Restaurant Reviews: from n/a through 2.3.5.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Five Star Restaurant Reviews contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions up to 2.3.5. An authenticated user with low privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of other site visitors, potentially compromising their sessions or stealing data. The vulnerability requires user interaction to trigger and affects the scope beyond the vulnerable component.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view affected pages.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Authenticated users can compromise other visitors' sessions, steal credentials, or deface site content.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a low-privilege account on the site; victim must visit a page containing the injected script.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

February 5, 2024 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated

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