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CVE-2024-45456:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in JoomUnited's WP Meta SEO WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 4.5.13. The vulnerability was disclosed on September 15, 2024, and allows for Stored XSS attacks (NVD, Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79). It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM) from 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 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 malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts will be executed when visitors access the affected pages (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update to WP Meta SEO version 4.5.14 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The fix was released shortly after the vulnerability was disclosed (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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