Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-32702

CVE-2024-32702:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Repute info systems ARForms plugin versions up to 6.4. The vulnerability was discovered by Dave Jong and was disclosed on April 22, 2024, receiving the identifier CVE-2024-32702 (Patchstack).

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 base score of 7.1 (High) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. This indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, which could lead to various malicious activities including redirects, unauthorized advertisements, and execution of other HTML payloads when visitors access the affected website. The impact affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability at a low level (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 6.4.1 of the ARForms plugin. Website administrators are advised to update to version 6.4.1 or later immediately. For users of Patchstack, a virtual patch has been issued to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until the update can be applied (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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