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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-1948
CVE-2024-1948:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-1948) affecting all versions up to and including 2.0.5. The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the block content functionality (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) from NIST with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Wordfence assigned a slightly higher score of 6.4 (Medium) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor access or higher privileges to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to version 2.0.6 or later of the Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks plugin to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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