CVE-2024-37485 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Vinny Alves (UseStrict Consulting) bbPress Notify allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects bbPress Notify: from n/a through 2.18.3.

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Vinny Alves (UseStrict Consulting) bbPress Notify allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects bbPress Notify: from n/a through 2.18.3.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Vinny Alves (UseStrict Consulting)	bbPress Notify	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: 2024-07-21T21:19:47.220Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T03:57:39.764Z

09References

• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/bbpress-notify-nospam/wordpress-bb…