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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-51929
CVE-2024-51929:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Phil Spectrum Icon Widget through version 1.1.0. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-51929, was reported on November 8, 2024, and allows DOM-Based XSS attacks (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) (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website which will be executed when guests visit the site (Patchstack).
Exploitability
The vulnerability requires Contributor-level privileges or higher to exploit. It was discovered by researcher Gab and reported on October 31, 2024 (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions through 1.1.0 of the Icon Widget plugin (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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