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CVE-2024-49295:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Simple Testimonials Showcase WordPress plugin contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting versions up to and including 1.1.6. The vulnerability was discovered on October 15, 2024, and was assigned CVE-2024-49295 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue (CWE-79) due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin settings. The severity is rated as MEDIUM with a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.9 (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L). This vulnerability specifically affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled (WPScan).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with editor-level permissions 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 site 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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