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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-30443
CVE-2024-30443:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in GS Plugins GS Testimonial Slider WordPress plugin affecting versions up to 3.1.4. The vulnerability was initially reported on February 10, 2024, and publicly disclosed on March 28, 2024 by researcher LVT-tholv2k (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has been assigned 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 issue requires Contributor or higher level privileges to exploit (Patchstack).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would then be executed when visitors access the affected pages (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 3.1.5 of the GS Testimonial Slider plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to resolve the security issue. Additionally, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this vulnerability by blocking potential attacks until users can update to the fixed version (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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