Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-35752

CVE-2024-35752:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Enea Overclokk's Stellissimo Text Box WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 1.1.4. The vulnerability was reported on January 22, 2024, and publicly disclosed on June 6, 2024. This security issue allows for Stored XSS attacks in the plugin's text box functionality (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2024-35752 and is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (Medium) from NIST with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack assessed it with a slightly higher score of 5.9 (Medium) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the latest reports, no official fix has been released for this vulnerability. Given the low severity impact and the requirement for administrator privileges, the risk is considered manageable (Patchstack).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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