CVE-2024-12499: WP jQuery DataTable <= 4.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-01-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP jQuery DataTable plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wp_jdt' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

AppJetty WP jQuery DataTable: through 4.0.1

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3213340%40wp-jquery-datatable&new=3213340%40wp-jquery-datatable&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5c6a6422-8255-4a3c-9ddf-b5986e1d393f?source=cve

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