AutomatorWP <= 5.0.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via a-0-o-search_field_value

9.6
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2024-12626
CVSS 9.6 (Critical)
Publicly Published December 18, 2024
Last Updated December 19, 2024
Researcher Vincent Fourcade (vinceMatsui) - Digitemis

Description

The AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘a-0-o-search_field_value’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.9 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. When used in conjunction with the plugin's import and code action feature, this vulnerability can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code.

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Vulnerability Details for AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug automatorwp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.1.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.0.9
Patched Version
  • 5.1.0

Recent vulnerabilities in AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress

4.3
CVE ID Unknown
Feb 14, 2023
Researchers:
# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress <= 5.7.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2026-42775 7.2 daroo June 3, 2026
2 AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress <= 5.6.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2026-42650 7.2 Nguyen Ba Khanh April 29, 2026
3 AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress <= 5.6.7 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-40785 4.3 Jakub Herman April 23, 2026
4 AutomatorWP – Automator plugin for no-code automations, webhooks & custom integrations in WordPress <= 5.3.6 - Missing Authorization To Authenticated (Subscriber+) Remote Code Execution via Automation Creation CVE-2025-9539 8.0 stealthcopter September 8, 2025
5 AutomatorWP <= 5.3.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Multiple Functions CVE-2025-9542 5.4 stealthcopter September 8, 2025
6 AutomatorWP <= 5.2.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection CVE-2025-68561 4.9 Nguyen Kim Sang June 19, 2025
7 AutomatorWP <= 5.2.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via field_conditions CVE-2025-5487 7.2 m0kr4n3 June 13, 2025
8 AutomatorWP <= 5.2.1.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection CVE-2025-48280 4.9 RoyTdd May 19, 2025
9 AutomatorWP <= 2.5.8 - Cross Site Request Forgery via bulk_delete 4.3 February 14, 2023
10 AutomatorWP <= 2.5.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery CVE-2023-23992 4.3 Rafshanzani Suhada January 20, 2023

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