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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-12469
CVE-2024-12469:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WP BASE Booking of Appointments, Services and Events WordPress plugin contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-12469) affecting versions up to and including 4.9.1. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on December 16, 2024 (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'status' parameter. This Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.1 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).
Impact
If 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 update to a version newer than 4.9.1 to address this vulnerability. The fix has been implemented in the plugin's repository (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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