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CVE-2024-37420: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The vulnerability (CVE-2024-37420) affects the WPZita Zita Elementor Site Library WordPress plugin versions through 1.6.1. It is classified as an Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability that allows attackers to upload a web shell to a web server (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.9 (Critical) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. The weakness is categorized as CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type) (Patchstack).

Impact

This vulnerability is considered highly dangerous and is expected to become mass exploited. It could allow a malicious actor to remotely execute malicious code on the affected site (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires Subscriber level privileges to exploit, making it relatively accessible to attackers. The discovery was credited to researcher Majed Refaea on February 15, 2024 (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update to version 1.6.2 or later to resolve the vulnerability. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking any attacks until users update to a fixed version (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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