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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-51826
CVE-2024-51826:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in James Turner Bitcoin Payments plugin affecting versions through 1.4.2. The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-51826 and was disclosed on November 19, 2024. This DOM-Based XSS vulnerability affects the WordPress Bitcoin Payments plugin (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 ('Cross-site Scripting') (NVD).
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
As of the disclosure date, no official fix has been released for this vulnerability. The security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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