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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-31089
CVE-2024-31089:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Platinum SEO WordPress plugin contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-31089. This security issue affects all versions of Platinum SEO up to and including version 2.4.0. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher Mika and was publicly disclosed on March 29, 2024 (Patchstack, WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue that occurs due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's admin settings. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.9 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. This vulnerability specifically affects multi-site installations and installations where unfilteredhtml has been disabled ([Patchstack](https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/platinum-seo-pack/wordpress-platinum-seo-plugin-2-4-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?s_id=cve)).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page. This could potentially lead to various attacks including redirects, malicious advertisements, and other HTML payload injections (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
Currently, there is no known fix available for this vulnerability. Users should consider implementing additional security measures and restricting administrator access to trusted users only (Patchstack).
Additional resources
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