CVE-2024-51905
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the RSV PDF Preview WordPress plugin, tracked as CVE-2024-51905. The vulnerability affects versions up to 1.0 of the plugin and was discovered by researcher SOPROBRO. The issue was initially reported on October 29, 2024, and publicly disclosed on November 8, 2024 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) issue. It 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 vulnerability type is categorized under CWE-79 (NVD).

Impact

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 guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. The issue affects RSV PDF Preview plugin version 1.0 and earlier versions (Wordfence).

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