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CVE-2024-5529: WP QuickLaTeX < 3.8.8 - Admin+ Stored XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 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: 2024-07-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP QuickLaTeX WordPress plugin before 3.8.8 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 3.8.8 — fixed in 3.8.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP QuickLaTeX 3.8.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/66d0b4b7-cd4b-4ec4-95c0-d50773cb0b8f/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/66d0b4b7-cd4b-4ec4-95c0-d50773cb0b8f/

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