Is CVE-2024-6704 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-6704 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-06-05.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-6704?

CVE-2024-6704 has a CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2024-6704?

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CVE-2024-6704 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Description

The Comments – wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to HTML Injection in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.21. This is due to a lack of filtering of HTML tags in comments. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add HTML such as hyperlinks to comments when rich editing is disabled.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: low
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-79 · Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Metadata

Primary Vendor: GVECTORS
Published: 8/2/2024
Last Modified: 6/5/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2024-6704

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