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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-11324
CVE-2024-11324:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Accounting for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-11324) affecting all versions up to and including 1.6.6. The vulnerability stems from improper use of addqueryarg without appropriate URL escaping (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The issue specifically relates to insufficient escaping of URL parameters when using the addqueryarg function (Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when users perform specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link. This can lead to potential compromise of user data and session information (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to a version newer than 1.6.6 when available. The vulnerability has been identified and documented in the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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