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CVE-2023-24390: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affects the WeSecur Security WordPress plugin versions 1.2.1 and below. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Prasanna V Balaji on February 1, 2023, and was publicly disclosed on May 18, 2023 (Patchstack Database).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N according to NVD assessment. Patchstack has rated it slightly higher with a CVSS score of 5.9 (MEDIUM). The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with administrative privileges to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website which will be executed when guests visit the site (Patchstack Database).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. Given the low severity impact, Patchstack has indicated that a virtual patch is unnecessary (Patchstack Database).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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