Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-51629

CVE-2024-51629:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in MetricThemes Header Footer Composer for Elementor plugin versions through 1.0.4. The vulnerability was identified on October 19, 2024, and publicly disclosed on November 1, 2024. This DOM-Based XSS vulnerability affects WordPress installations using the affected plugin versions (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) issue, identified as CWE-79. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 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 requires contributor-level privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

Impact

The 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 visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions up to and including 1.0.4 of the Header Footer Composer for Elementor plugin (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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