Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-35651

CVE-2024-35651:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Spiffy Plugins WP Flow Plus WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 5.2.2. The vulnerability was reported on April 23, 2024, and publicly disclosed on June 3, 2024. This security issue has been assigned CVE-2024-35651 and affects the WordPress plugin WP Flow Plus (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, falling under the CWE-79 category (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It has received 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 requires Contributor-level privileges or higher to exploit (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected site. The impact is considered low severity and is unlikely to be exploited in most scenarios (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 5.2.3 of the WP Flow Plus plugin. Users are advised to update to version 5.2.3 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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