Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-32541

CVE-2024-32541:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WP-Cufon WordPress plugin contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-32541. The vulnerability affects all versions of WP-Cufon up to and including version 1.6.10. This security issue was discovered by Dimas Maulana and was publicly disclosed on April 15, 2024 (Patchstack, WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) issue. It has received a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.1 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L, indicating that it can be exploited remotely without authentication requirements (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This could enable malicious actors to inject various payloads including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML content that executes in visitors' browsers (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate the issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available. Website owners are advised to mitigate or resolve the vulnerability immediately (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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