CVE-2023-29437: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress Connections Business Directory plugin affecting versions 10.4.36 and below. The vulnerability was reported on January 9, 2023, and publicly disclosed on April 6, 2023. The affected software is the Connections Business Directory plugin developed by Steven A. Zahm for WordPress platforms (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) by NVD 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 under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website, which would be executed when visitors access the site. The impact is considered low to medium severity, requiring user interaction to be exploited (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 10.4.37 of the Connections Business Directory plugin. Users are advised to update to version 10.4.37 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack).