cve/2024/CVE-2024-2309.md

### [CVE-2024-2309](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-2309)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=WP%20STAGING%20WordPress%20Backup%20Plugin%20&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=wp-staging-pro&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0%3C%203.4.0%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0%3C%205.4.0%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-79%20Cross-Site%20Scripting%20(XSS)&color=brighgreen)

### Description

The WP STAGING WordPress Backup Plugin  WordPress plugin before 3.4.0, wp-staging-pro WordPress plugin before 5.4.0 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/a4152818-1e07-46a7-aec4-70f1a1b579a6/

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