Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-12439

CVE-2024-12439:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Marketplace Items plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-12439) that affects all versions up to and including 1.5.5. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on January 7, 2025. The issue exists in the plugin's 'marketplace' shortcode functionality due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The security flaw is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). The vulnerability stems from improper input validation and output escaping mechanisms in the plugin's 'marketplace' shortcode implementation (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 theft of sensitive information or manipulation of page content (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The plugin has been closed as of December 31, 2024, due to security issues and is no longer available for download from the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress Plugin). Users are advised to remove this plugin from their WordPress installations to prevent potential exploitation.

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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