CVE-2024-3939: Ditty < 3.1.36 - Author+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-05-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.36 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, 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

Ditty: before 3.1.36 — fixed in 3.1.36

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ditty 3.1.36. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/80a9eb3a-2cb1-4844-9004-ba2554b2d46c/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/80a9eb3a-2cb1-4844-9004-ba2554b2d46c/

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