CVE-2024-4289: sailthru triggermail vulnerability
CVE-2024-4289: medium vulnerability affecting sailthru triggermail. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 6.1 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 29.28%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- sailthru triggermail
What is known
The Sailthru Triggermail WordPress plugin through 1.1 does not sanitise and escape various parameters before outputting them back in pages and attributes, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-4289, a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) affecting sailthru triggermail, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether sailthru triggermail is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.