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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-8492

The Hustle WordPress plugin through 7.8.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting

Published May 15, 2025 · catalog updated May 17, 2025 · Unknown Hustle

Check this week

CVE-2024-8492 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 36.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Unknown Hustle.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
36.00%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor Unknown Hustle 0 ≤7.8.5

The Hustle WordPress plugin through 7.8.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

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 Unknown Hustle 0 ≤7.8.50 ≤7.8.5

How to fix CVE-2024-8492

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-8492 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 36.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Unknown Hustle.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Unknown Hustle 0 ≤7.8.5 0 ≤7.8.5. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 36.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. 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. May 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Hustle WordPress plugin through 7.8.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

  2. May 17, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Hustle WordPress plugin through 7.8.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-8492

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-15259

    The Hustle WordPress plugin through 7.8.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

    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.