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CVE-2024-5544:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-5544) discovered in July 2024. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 3.17, stemming from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the order parameter (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium). The vulnerability exists due to improper neutralization of input during web page generation, specifically in the handling of the order parameter. The attack vector is network-accessible (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requires no privileges (PR:N), and needs user interaction (UI:R) (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, 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 vulnerability has the potential to compromise the confidentiality and integrity of the affected system at a low level (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update to version 3.18 or later of the Media Library Assistant plugin, which contains patches addressing this vulnerability. The fix was implemented through a patch available in the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress Patch).
Additional resources
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