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CVE-2024-4362: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-4362) in versions up to and including 1.60.0. The vulnerability exists in the plugin's 'siteorigin_widget' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability 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. The issue stems from improper handling of user-supplied attributes in the 'siteorigin_widget' shortcode implementation (Wordfence).

Impact

The 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).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with at least contributor-level privileges to exploit. The attack complexity is considered low, requiring no special conditions or user interaction for successful exploitation (Wordfence).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been identified in the plugin's source code at shortcode.php. Users should update to a version newer than 1.60.0 when available (WordPress).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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