CVE-2024-39661: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2024-39661 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in ExtendThemes Kubio AI Page Builder WordPress plugin affecting versions up to 2.2.4. The vulnerability was reported by João Pedro Soares de Alcântara and was disclosed on August 1, 2024 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) issue, identified as CWE-79. It 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 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website, which would be executed when guests visit the site. The attack requires authentication at the Contributor level or higher (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited. It requires an authenticated user with Contributor privileges to execute the attack (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.2.5 of the Kubio AI Page Builder plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.2.5 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).