CVE-2024-12708: Bulk Me Now <= 2.0 - Stored XSS via Shortcode

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 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: yes
Published: 2025-01-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Bulk Me Now! WordPress plugin through 2.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected products

Bulk Me Now!: through 2.0

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8f30a37e-b9d0-467b-a0e3-20dc0a9f2b61/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8f30a37e-b9d0-467b-a0e3-20dc0a9f2b61/

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