cve/2024/CVE-2024-5472.md

### [CVE-2024-5472](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-5472)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=WP%20QuickLaTeX&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0%3C%203.8.7%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-79%20Cross-Site%20Scripting%20(XSS)&color=brighgreen)

### Description

The WP QuickLaTeX WordPress plugin before 3.8.7 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).

### POC

#### Reference
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dcddc2de-c32c-4f8c-8490-f3d980b05822/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.