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CVE-2024-12239: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The PowerPack Lite for Beaver Builder plugin for WordPress (CVE-2024-12239) contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability that affects all versions up to and including 1.3.0.5. The vulnerability was disclosed on December 16, 2024, and was discovered by Wordfence security researchers (Wordfence Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'navigate' parameter. It has been assigned 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. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (NVD Database).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute when administrative users perform certain actions, such as clicking on malicious links (NVD Database).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to a version newer than 1.3.0.5 of the PowerPack Lite for Beaver Builder plugin to address this vulnerability (NVD Database).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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