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CVE-2024-44058:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2024-44058 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting CryoutCreations Parabola WordPress theme versions up to and including 2.4.1. The vulnerability was discovered on August 29, 2024, and publicly disclosed on September 15, 2024 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM) from NIST with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. Patchstack assigned a slightly higher CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, potentially leading to unauthorized actions, data theft, or page manipulation (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
Currently, there is no known official fix available for this vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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