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CVE-2024-49296:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2024-49296 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in the WordPress Custom Add to Cart Button Label and Link plugin, affecting versions up to 1.6.1. The vulnerability was reported by researcher LVT-tholv2k on August 24, 2024, and was publicly disclosed on October 15, 2024 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, identified under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject harmful scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. When visitors access the affected site, these injected scripts would be executed in their browsers (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
Currently, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions up to 1.6.1 of the Custom Add to Cart Button Label and Link plugin (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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