Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-11461

CVE-2024-11461:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Form Data Collector plugin for WordPress (versions up to 2.2.3) contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-11461. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on December 2, 2024, with the last update on December 3, 2024. This security issue affects the plugin through insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'page' parameter (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, categorized under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It has received a CVSS v3.1 base 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, indicating network accessibility with low attack complexity and no privileges required, though user interaction is necessary (NVD).

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 compromised user sessions and potential data exposure (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should update to a version newer than 2.2.3 once available. In the meantime, website administrators should consider implementing additional security measures such as Web Application Firewalls (WAF) to help protect against XSS attacks (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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