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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-1987
CVE-2024-1987:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2024-1987 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability affecting the WP-Members Membership Plugin for WordPress in all versions up to and including 3.4.9.1. The vulnerability was disclosed on March 8, 2024, and has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's shortcode(s). This security flaw has been assigned a CVSS vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and required low privileges (Wordfence).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page, potentially compromising the security of site visitors (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Website administrators should update the WP-Members Membership Plugin to a version newer than 3.4.9.1 (WordPress Plugin Repository).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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