Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-4289

CVE-2024-4289:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Sailthru Triggermail WordPress plugin through version 1.1 contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered by Bob Matyas and was assigned CVE-2024-4289. The issue was publicly disclosed on April 30, 2024 (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists because the plugin fails to properly sanitize and escape various parameters before outputting them back in pages and attributes. This security flaw can lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks that could be exploited against high-privilege users such as administrators. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.1 (High) (WPScan).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow attackers to execute malicious scripts in the context of high-privilege users' browsers, potentially leading to unauthorized actions, data theft, or account compromise when an administrator visits a specially crafted malicious URL (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no known fix available for this vulnerability. Users of the Sailthru Triggermail WordPress plugin should consider implementing additional security measures or temporarily disabling the plugin until a patch is released (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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