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CVE-2024-4869:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WP Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress (gdpr-cookie-consent) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-4869) affecting versions up to and including 3.2.0. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on June 25, 2024, and was discovered by researcher Krzysztof Zając (WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping specifically related to the 'Client-IP' header processing. The issue has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.2 (High) and is classified under CWE-79. The vulnerability falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (WPScan).
Impact
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page, potentially compromising user data and website security (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.3.0 of the WP Cookie Consent plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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