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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-11808
CVE-2024-11808:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Pingmeter Uptime Monitoring plugin for WordPress contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-11808) affecting all versions up to and including 1.0.3. The vulnerability was disclosed on December 21, 2024, and is tracked with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium) (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the '_wpnonce' parameter. The issue is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has been assigned a CVSS vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility with required user interaction (Wordfence).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when users perform specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link. This could lead to the compromise of user sessions and potential theft of sensitive information (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users of the Pingmeter Uptime Monitoring plugin should update to a version newer than 1.0.3 if available. If an update is not possible, consider disabling the plugin until a patch is released (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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