CVE-2024-12800: IP Based Login < 2.4.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 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: 2025-05-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The IP Based Login WordPress plugin before 2.4.1 does not sanitise values when importing, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Affected products

IP Based Login: before 2.4.1 — fixed in 2.4.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IP Based Login 2.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8f1ceca5-3b7b-4cf0-bccd-03e204e5bfad/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8f1ceca5-3b7b-4cf0-bccd-03e204e5bfad/

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