CVE-2024-50520: WordPress Ancient World Linked Data plugin <= 0.2.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: none known
Published: 2024-11-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Peter J. Herrel Ancient World Linked Data ancient-world-linked-data-for-wordpress allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Ancient World Linked Data: from n/a through <= 0.2.1.

Affected products

Peter J. Herrel Ancient World Linked Data: through 0.2.1

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/ancient-world-linked-data-for-wordpress/vulnerability/wordpress-ancient-world-linked-data-plugin-0-2-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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