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CVE-2024-5472: WP QuickLaTeX < 3.8.7 - Admin+ Stored XSS in Background Color field

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 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: 2024-07-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP QuickLaTeX WordPress plugin before 3.8.7 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

• WP QuickLaTeX: before 3.8.7 — fixed in 3.8.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP QuickLaTeX 3.8.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dcddc2de-c32c-4f8c-8490-f3d980b05822/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dcddc2de-c32c-4f8c-8490-f3d980b05822/

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