CVE-2024-1956
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The wpb-show-core WordPress plugin before version 2.7 contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-1956. The vulnerability exists because the plugin does not properly sanitize and escape parameters before outputting them back in the response of an unauthenticated request (WPScan, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has received 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 issue stems from the plugin's failure to properly sanitize and escape parameters in unauthenticated requests (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks against users of the affected WordPress sites. This could potentially lead to the execution of malicious scripts in users' browsers in the context of the vulnerable site (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The recommended mitigation is to update the wpb-show-core WordPress plugin to version 2.7 or later, which contains fixes for this vulnerability (WPScan).

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