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CVE-2024-6588: PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry <= 11.9.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via media_url Parameter

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 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: none known
• Published: 2024-07-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘media_url’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 11.9.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

• PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry: through 11.9.10

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/powerpress/trunk/powerpress-player.php#L1015
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3115881/#file0
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/powerpress/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/745262f6-4f73-453e-b650-15115536f221?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/powerpress/trunk/powerpress-player.php#L1015
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3115881/#file0
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/powerpress/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/745262f6-4f73-453e-b650-15115536f221?source=cve

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