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CVE-2024-13779: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin for WordPress contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-13779) discovered by researcher Lucio Sá. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.16.5, with the initial disclosure made on March 4, 2025 (Wordfence Intel, NVD Database).

Technical details

The vulnerability is caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'index' parameter. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The weakness has been classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD Database).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that will execute when users perform specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link. This can lead to potential compromise of user data and session information (NVD Database).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should update their Hero Mega Menu plugin to a version newer than 1.16.5 if available. No specific workarounds have been publicly documented (NVD Database).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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