CVE-2024-50513: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Post Grid Team by WPXPO PostX, affecting versions through 4.1.15. The vulnerability was reported by Hwang Se-yeon on September 27, 2024, and was publicly disclosed on October 28, 2024. This security issue has been assigned CVE-2024-50513 and affects the WordPress Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) issue, allowing for Stored XSS attacks. It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.9 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability requires Author or higher privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

If exploited, 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 guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 4.1.16 of the PostX plugin. Users are advised to update to version 4.1.16 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).