CVE-2025-24764 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2025-24764

WordPress (Simply) Guest Author Name plugin <= 4.36 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

6.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in A. Jones (Simply) Guest Author Name guest-author-name allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects (Simply) Guest Author Name: from n/a through <= 4.36.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

lucky_buddy | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/guest-author-name/vulnerability/wordpress-simply-guest-author-name-plugin-4-36-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

(Simply) Guest Author Name

Vulnerable Versions:

Timeline

Official Publish: July 4th, 2025

Last Modified: April 28th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise

Initial Access

T1059.007 JavaScript

Execution

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie

Collection

T1213 Data from Information Repositories