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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-12260
CVE-2024-12260:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Ultimate Endpoints With Rest Api plugin for WordPress contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-12260) that affects all versions up to and including 2.2.2. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'page' parameter (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.1 MEDIUM (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N). The security flaw stems from improper neutralization of input during web page generation, specifically in the handling of the 'page' parameter (NVD, Wordfence).
Impact
When 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 (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to a version newer than 2.2.2 when available. As this is a recently disclosed vulnerability, users should monitor for updates from the plugin developers (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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