Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-5317

CVE-2024-5317:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Newsletter plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-5317) via the 'np1' parameter in versions up to and including 8.3.4. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in June 2024, affecting all installations of the Newsletter plugin up to version 8.3.4 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Newsletter plugin. This security flaw 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, indicating network accessibility with low attack complexity and no privileges required (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, potentially leading to the compromise of user data or session information (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update their Newsletter plugin to version 8.3.5 or later which contains the security fix. The patch has been made available through the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress Patch).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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