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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-2287

CVE-2024-2287: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Knight Lab Timeline plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-2287) in versions up to and including 3.9.3.3. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on April 9, 2024, affecting the plugin's shortcode functionality (Wordfence).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's shortcode implementation. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) with the vector string 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 access to exploit. The attack vector involves manipulating the plugin's shortcode attributes to inject malicious scripts (Wordfence).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should update to version 3.9.3.4 or later of the Knight Lab Timeline plugin to address this vulnerability (WordPress).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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