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CVE-2024-50549:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2024-50549 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in Bonway Services' Bonway Static Block Editor WordPress plugin. The vulnerability affects versions through 1.1.0 and was disclosed on October 31, 2024. This DOM-Based XSS vulnerability impacts authenticated users with Contributor or higher privileges (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The issue is classified under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor 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).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of the current date, no official fix has been released for this vulnerability. The issue was initially reported on October 16, 2024, and an early warning was sent to Patchstack customers on October 31, 2024 (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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