Vulnerability · Published Mar 5, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-13779Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin <= 1.16.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin from heroplugins. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'index' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| heroplugins | Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin | 0 – through 1.16.5 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N