How to fix CVE-2024-12163?

Within 7 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches promptly. Verify Content-Security-Policy and output encoding.

Is Goodlayers Core affected by CVE-2024-12163?

Organizations using goodlayers-core WordPress should be aware of notable risk from CVE-2024-12163, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 6.5. Attackers could inject scripts to steal sessions or perform actions as authenticated users. Proof-of-concept code is publicly available.

CVE-2024-12163

MEDIUM

2025-01-30 [email protected]

WordPress XSS Goodlayers Core

6.5

CVSS 3.1

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:06 vuln.today

PoC Detected

Jun 09, 2025 - 21:19 vuln.today

Public exploit code

CVE Published

Jan 30, 2025 - 06:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionNVD

The goodlayers-core WordPress plugin before 2.1.3 allows users with a subscriber role and above to upload SVGs containing malicious payloads.

AnalysisAI

The goodlayers-core WordPress plugin before 2.1.3 allows users with a subscriber role and above to upload SVGs containing malicious payloads. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. The goodlayers-core WordPress plugin before 2.1.3 allows users with a subscriber role and above to upload SVGs containing malicious payloads. Affected products include: Goodlayers Goodlayers Core. Version information: before 2.1.3.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.

CVE-2024-12163 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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