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CVE-2024-12262: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Ebook Store plugin for WordPress contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-12262) via the 'step' parameter in versions up to and including 5.8001. The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, affecting the plugin's security (NVD, CVE).

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) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability allows for improper neutralization of input during web page generation, enabling potential script injection attacks (Wordfence).

Impact

When 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 can lead to potential data theft and session hijacking (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should update to a version newer than 5.8001 of the Ebook Store plugin. The vulnerability has been addressed in subsequent releases with improved input sanitization and output escaping (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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