CVE-2024-2579 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-2579: WordPress Tracking Code Manager plugin <= 2.0.16 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Data443

Product Tracking Code Manager

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published March 21, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.9/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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 Data443 Tracking Code Manager.This issue affects Tracking Code Manager: from n/a through 2.0.16.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Tracking Code Manager versions up to 2.0.16 contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows authenticated administrators to inject malicious scripts. An attacker with high-level privileges can craft a malicious link that, when clicked by another admin, executes arbitrary JavaScript in their browser session. The vulnerability affects the site's integrity and confidentiality.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious JavaScript that executes in an admin's browser when they click a crafted link.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Admins visiting malicious links could have their sessions compromised or site data accessed by attackers with admin access.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level admin privileges and trick another admin into clicking a malicious link.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

March 21, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2579 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

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