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CVE-2024-13733: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The SKT Blocks – Gutenberg based Page Builder plugin for WordPress (versions <= 1.6) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-13733. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher zaim and was disclosed on February 3, 2025. This security issue affects the plugin's post carousel functionality (WordPress Plugin).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists in the post carousel block component of the SKT Blocks plugin. The issue was addressed in version 1.8 of the plugin, which specifically resolved the Cross Site Scripting (XSS) issue in the Post Carousel block (WordPress Plugin).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated users with Contributor level permissions or higher to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, which could potentially lead to the execution of malicious scripts in users' browsers (WordPress Plugin).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with at least Contributor-level access to exploit. The affected versions include SKT Blocks plugin versions 1.6 and below (WordPress Plugin).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update to version 1.8 of the SKT Blocks plugin, which includes the security fix for the Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Post Carousel block. The update is available through the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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