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CVE-2024-12628:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The bodi0's Easy cache plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-12628) discovered in December 2024. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 0.8, specifically impacting multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'cache-folder' parameter. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (NVD, Wordfence).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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