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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-6718

The PVN Auth Popup WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is em

Published May 15, 2025 · catalog updated May 20, 2025 · Unknown PVN Auth Popup

Severity
Medium5.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
32.0%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor Unknown PVN Auth Popup 0 ≤1.0.0

The PVN Auth Popup WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Technical analysis

Mechanism and impact are interpreted from ingested advisories — not independent exploit research.

  • CWE classification

    No CWE identifiers stored yet.

  • Prerequisites and impact

    Follow the original vendor advisory for access prerequisites and impact. This catalog does not invent exploit conditions.

How to fix CVE-2024-6718

  • Recommended remediation

    A vendor or distribution source is linked. Check that advisory for patch availability; this catalog does not invent fix status.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three reads of the same public record: the decision, the versions on file, and the signals. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch. This page does not publish exploit steps.

Executive

This is a public record, not a confirmed incident. CVE-2024-6718 is a medium issue in Unknown PVN Auth Popup (CVSS 5.4). CISA does not currently list it as known exploited. Next step: Compare installed versions with the linked vendor advisory before changing production.

System administrator

Check whether Unknown PVN Auth Popup is installed. Ranges on record: Unknown PVN Auth Popup 0 ≤1.0.0 (0 ≤1.0.0). Compare installed versions with the linked vendor advisory before changing production.

Security analyst

CVSS 5.4. EPSS 32.0%. CISA does not currently list it as known exploited. Weaknesses: not classified. Sources: euvd. Exploit links, when listed below, point at the original publisher.

Related intelligence

  • Exploitation evidence

    Not listed as known exploited in CISA KEV. Not in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV.

  • Safe detection guidance

    Compare installed versions with the affected ranges below and verify the advisory from the original publisher. This site stores metadata and outbound links only; it does not ship exploit code or proof-of-concept payloads.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The PVN Auth Popup WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

  2. May 20, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    The PVN Auth Popup WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affected versions

Enter an installed version to get a verified affected / not-affected result against the ranges below.

  • vendor Unknown PVN Auth Popup 0 ≤1.0.00 ≤1.0.0

Sources

  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-15285

    The PVN Auth Popup WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Script

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.