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CVE-2024-2130:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The CWW Companion plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-2130) affecting all versions up to and including 1.2.7. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on March 12, 2024, and affects the Module2 widget component of the plugin (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the Module2 widget. The severity is rated as MEDIUM with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).
Exploitability
The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with at least contributor-level permissions to exploit. The attack complexity is considered low, requiring network access and no user interaction for successful exploitation (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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