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CVE-2024-27990: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in The Moneytizer WordPress plugin versions up to 9.5.20. The vulnerability was disclosed on March 15, 2024, and has been assigned identifier CVE-2024-27990 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium), with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Patchstack).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website which will be executed when guests visit the site (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires contributor-level privileges to exploit, making it less likely to be exploited in the wild. The security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 9.6.1 of The Moneytizer plugin. Users are advised to update to version 9.6.1 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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