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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-12240
CVE-2024-12240:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Page Builder by SiteOrigin plugin for WordPress has been identified with a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-12240), discovered on January 13, 2025. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 2.31.0, specifically targeting the row label parameter. This security issue was identified by researcher zer0gh0st (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue, stemming from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the row label parameter. The CVSS v3.1 score is 6.4 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and required low privileges (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, potentially leading to data theft or manipulation of user interactions (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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