CVE-2023-24409: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

An unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the WP Responsive Tabs horizontal vertical and accordion Tabs WordPress plugin versions 1.1.15 and earlier. The vulnerability was reported on January 24, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-24409. The issue was publicly disclosed on May 9, 2023, after a fixed version (1.1.16) was released (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, falling under the OWASP Top 10 category A7. It received a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 7.1 HIGH from Patchstack, with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The NVD assessment provided a slightly lower CVSS score of 6.1 MEDIUM with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

The recommended mitigation is to update to version 1.1.16 or later of the plugin. For Patchstack users, a virtual patch was issued to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until the update can be applied. Users can also enable auto-update functionality for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).