CVE-2023-24374: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The CVE-2023-24374 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Photon WP Material Design Icons for Page Builders WordPress plugin versions 1.4.2 and below. The vulnerability was discovered by Rafshanzani Suhada and was published on January 27, 2023 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) by NIST with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack assessed it with a score of 6.5 (Medium) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.4.3 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.4.3 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack).