CVE-2024-6231: Request a Quote < 2.4.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 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: 2024-07-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Request a Quote WordPress plugin before 2.4.1 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

Request a Quote: before 2.4.1 — fixed in 2.4.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Request a Quote 2.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/75ad1d8f-edc3-4eb3-b4c0-73832c0a4ca0/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/75ad1d8f-edc3-4eb3-b4c0-73832c0a4ca0/

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