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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-10621
CVE-2024-10621:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Simple Shortcode for Google Maps plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-10621) in versions up to and including 1.5.4. The vulnerability exists in the plugin's pw_map shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-80 (Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page). It has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, required low privileges, no user interaction, changed scope, and low impact on confidentiality and integrity with no impact on availability (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this 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 (Wordfence).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update the Simple Shortcode for Google Maps plugin to a version newer than 1.5.4 which contains the security fix (WordPress).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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