Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-5058

CVE-2024-5058:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in WPDeveloper Typing Text WordPress plugin versions through 1.2.5. The vulnerability was discovered on June 19, 2024, and was assigned CVE-2024-5058. This security issue allows for Stored XSS attacks in the affected plugin versions (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assessed with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) by NVD with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. Patchstack has assigned it a slightly higher CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (NVD).

Impact

The 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. The attack requires contributor-level privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.2.6 of the Typing Text plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.2.6 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack).