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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-47356
CVE-2024-47356:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Catch Themes Create WordPress theme versions through 2.9.1. The vulnerability was discovered on August 26, 2024, and publicly disclosed on September 30, 2024 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) issue, which allows for improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.1 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).
Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability could allow malicious actors 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).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.9.2 of the Create theme. Users are advised to update to version 2.9.2 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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