CVE-2024-37474 — Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Automattic Newspack Ads allows Store

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Automattic Newspack Ads allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Newspack Ads: from n/a through 1.47.1.

01What is this vulnerability?

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Automattic Newspack Ads allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Newspack Ads: from n/a through 1.47.1.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Automattic	Newspack Ads	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-07-04T18:11:09.676Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-27T15:50:12.482Z

09References

• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/newspack-ads/wordpress-newspack-ad…