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CVE-2024-4045: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Popup Builder by OptinMonster WordPress plugin is affected by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-4045) in versions up to 2.16.1. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on May 25, 2024, affecting the plugin's handling of the 'campaign_id' parameter (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's handling of the 'campaign_id' parameter. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base 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 (Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with at least contributor-level permissions to exploit. The attack complexity is considered low, requiring network access and no user interaction for successful exploitation (Wordfence).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been addressed in a subsequent version of the plugin. Users are advised to update their OptinMonster plugin to the latest version available (WordPress).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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