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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-50443
CVE-2024-50443:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Post Grid Team by WPXPO PostX plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to 4.1.12. The vulnerability was reported on September 25, 2024, and publicly disclosed on October 24, 2024 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium). The vulnerability vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L, indicating that it requires network access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and user interaction (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts will be executed when visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 4.1.13 of the PostX plugin. Users are advised to update to version 4.1.13 or later to remediate this security issue (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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