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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-43934

CVE-2024-43934: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress Collapsing Archives plugin, affecting versions up to 3.0.5. The vulnerability was reported by Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_ from VNPT-VCI) on July 28, 2024, and was officially published on August 26, 2024. This stored XSS vulnerability exists in Robert Felty's Collapsing Archives plugin for WordPress (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) by NIST with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack assessed it with a score of 6.5 (Medium) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires contributor-level privileges or higher to exploit, and has been classified as having a low severity impact that is unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 3.0.6 of the Collapsing Archives plugin. Users are advised to update to version 3.0.6 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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