CVE-2024-10187: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The myCred WordPress plugin (versions up to 2.7.4) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the mycred_link shortcode functionality. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on November 7, 2024, affecting the myCred – Loyalty Points and Rewards plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce (NVD).

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's mycred_link shortcode. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N according to NVD, while Wordfence assessed it with a score of 6.4 (Medium) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).

Users should upgrade to version 2.7.5 or later of the myCred plugin to address this vulnerability. A patch has been released and is available through the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress Plugin).