How to fix CVE-2024-12708?

Within 30 days: Identify all affected systems running through 2.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortco and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Verify anti-CSRF tokens and content security policies are enforced.

Is Bulk Me Now affected by CVE-2024-12708?

Organizations using through 2.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes face moderate risk from CVE-2024-12708, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 7.1.

CVE-2024-12708

HIGH

2025-01-30 [email protected]

WordPress XSS Bulk Me Now

7.1

CVSS 3.1

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:06 vuln.today

PoC Detected

May 11, 2025 - 23:43 vuln.today

Public exploit code

CVE Published

Jan 30, 2025 - 06:15 nvd

HIGH 7.1

DescriptionNVD

The Bulk Me Now! WordPress plugin through 2.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

AnalysisAI

The Bulk Me Now!. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, 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 Bulk Me Now! WordPress plugin through 2.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. Affected products include: Ombu Bulk Me Now\!. Version information: through 2.0.

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-2024-12708 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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