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CVE-2024-51573: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the ML Responsive Audio player with playlist Shortcode WordPress plugin, tracked as CVE-2024-51573. The vulnerability affects versions up to 0.2 of the plugin and was discovered on October 21, 2024, with public disclosure occurring on October 31, 2024. The issue stems from improper neutralization of input during web page generation (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base 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 security issue is classified under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and requires Contributor-level privileges to exploit (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts will be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. The issue affects version 0.2 and earlier versions of the plugin (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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