Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-56289

CVE-2024-56289:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Groundhogg WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to and including 3.7.3.3. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on January 3, 2025, and was assigned identifier CVE-2024-56289. The security issue stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that will execute when users perform specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link. This could enable attackers to perform various malicious activities including redirects, injecting advertisements, and executing other HTML payloads on the affected website (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.7.3.4 of the Groundhogg plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later immediately. For those unable to update immediately, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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