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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-5212
CVE-2024-5212:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The tagDiv Composer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the 'envato_code[]' parameter in versions up to and including 5.0. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on August 31, 2024 (NVD, Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping within the onajaxregisterforumuser function. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when users perform specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link. The successful exploitation could lead to the execution of malicious scripts in the victim's browser context (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 5.1 of the tagDiv Composer plugin. Users are advised to update to version 5.1 or later to resolve this security issue (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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