CVE-2024-2234: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Himer WordPress theme before version 2.1.1 contains a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on June 12, 2024, and affects the theme's Post settings functionality. The issue stems from improper sanitization and escaping of input in the Post settings section, potentially exposing WordPress installations using the vulnerable theme versions to XSS attacks (WPScan Details).

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) according to NVD's assessment. The attack vector is network-based (AV:N), requires low attack complexity (AC:L), needs low privileges (PR:L), and requires user interaction (UI:R). The scope is changed (S:C), with low impact on confidentiality (C:L) and integrity (I:L), and no impact on availability (A:N) (NVD Entry).

The vulnerability allows high privilege users such as Contributors to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. When successfully exploited, the attacker can inject malicious scripts that will be executed in the context of other users' browsers when they view the affected content (WPScan Details).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.1.1 of the Himer WordPress theme. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk (WPScan Details).