CVE-2024-49648: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The SVG Captcha WordPress plugin contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-49648. This security issue affects versions up to and including 1.0.11 of the plugin. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher Mika and was published on October 21, 2024 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, specifically falling under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). The severity of this vulnerability has been assessed with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.1 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (Patchstack).

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).

While no official fix is available, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available. Website administrators are advised to implement these mitigations immediately (Patchstack).