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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-1840
CVE-2024-1840:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The wpbakery plugin for WordPress (also known as WPBakery Page Builder) is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the Post Author tag attribute in versions up to and including 7.5. The vulnerability was discovered and reported on May 2, 2024 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Post Author tag attribute. This security flaw 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 (Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data theft (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update their WPBakery plugin to a version newer than 7.5 to address this vulnerability. The fix is available in the plugin's release notes (WPBakery KB).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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