CVE-2024-43301: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress Fonts Plugin that allows for Stored XSS attacks. The vulnerability affects all versions of the Fonts Plugin up to version 3.7.7. The issue was reported on July 25, 2024, by security researcher Rafie Muhammad and was officially published on August 16, 2024 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2024-43301 and received varying CVSS scores from different organizations. The National Vulnerability Database (NVD) assessed it with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack rated it higher at 7.1 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The impact includes potential data exposure and integrity compromise through stored cross-site scripting attacks (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.7.8 of the Fonts Plugin. Users are advised to update to version 3.7.8 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).