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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-43938

WordPress Name Directory Plugin Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Published Aug 26, 2024 · catalog updated Aug 26, 2024 · Jeroen Peters Name Directory Plugin

Patch now

CVE-2024-43938 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Jeroen Peters Name Directory Plugin against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.26%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Jeroen Peters Name Directory Plugin

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Jeroen Peters Name Directory allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Name Directory: from n/a through 1.29.0.

Are you affected?

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The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Jeroen Peters Name Directory Pluginversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-43938

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-43938 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Jeroen Peters Name Directory Plugin against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.26%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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. Aug 26, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Jeroen Peters Name Directory allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Name Directory: from n/a through 1.29.0.

  2. Aug 26, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-43938

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-43938

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-43938

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Jeroen Peters Name Directory allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Name Directory: from n/a through 1.29.0.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.