CVE-2024-54346 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-54346: WordPress Barter theme <= 1.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Sonalsinha21

Product Barter

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published December 13, 2024

Last update May 12, 2026

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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 sonalsinha21 Barter barter allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Barter: from n/a through <= 1.6.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Barter versions 1.6 and earlier contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows an authenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts. The vulnerability requires user interaction—typically clicking a crafted link—and can affect other users or the site itself. The impact is limited to low-severity data exposure and site defacement.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers or the admin interface.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' sessions or admin actions could be hijacked; site content could be defaced or redirected.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a user account on the site; victim must click a malicious link or visit a crafted page.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 13, 2024 CVE published

May 12, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54346 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

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