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CVE-2024-12098: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The ARS Affiliate Page Plugin for WordPress contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-12098) in versions up to and including 2.0.2. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'utm_keyword' parameter (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, identified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 MEDIUM (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N), indicating moderate severity (NVD).

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 theft of sensitive information or manipulation of user sessions (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.0.4 of the plugin, which fixes the potential Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue. Users are advised to update to this version or later to protect against this vulnerability (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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