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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-3990
CVE-2024-3990:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor WordPress plugin contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-3990) in versions up to and including 2.5.0. The vulnerability specifically affects the Tooltip & Popover Widget component due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from improper input sanitization and output escaping in the Tooltip & Popover Widget component. It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) from NIST with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Wordfence assigned a slightly higher score of 6.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to a version newer than 2.5.0 which contains the necessary security fixes. The vulnerability has been addressed through improved input sanitization and output escaping mechanisms (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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