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CVE-2024-49692:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the AffiliateX WordPress plugin affecting versions up to and including 1.2.9. The vulnerability was discovered on September 30, 2024, and publicly disclosed on October 21, 2024. The issue has been assigned CVE-2024-49692 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79), specifically a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N according to NVD assessment (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website which will be executed when guests visit the site (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.2.9.1 of the AffiliateX plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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