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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-51719
CVE-2024-51719:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Simplistic SEO WordPress plugin versions 2.3.0 and below contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This security issue was discovered by João Pedro S Alcântara (Kinorth) and was reported on October 24, 2024 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating a medium severity level. The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers and falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A3: Injection (Patchstack).
Impact
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 visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
Currently, there is no official fix available from the plugin developer. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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