Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-43958

CVE-2024-43958:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The IntoTheDark WordPress theme contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting versions up to and including 1.0.5. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher akas wisnu aji and was assigned CVE-2024-43958. The issue was publicly disclosed on August 26, 2024, and affects the theme developed by Gianni Porto (WPScan, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the IntoTheDark theme. It has been assigned CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). The vulnerability has received multiple CVSS scores: NIST rates it as 6.1 (Medium) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack assigns it a score of 7.1 (High) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that will execute when users perform specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link. This could lead to the execution of malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads on the affected website (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate the issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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