CVE-2024-5819: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP – Page Builder Features plugin for WordPress contains a DOM-based Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-5819) discovered in June 2024. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 3.2.45, stemming from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes (NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as a DOM-based Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue that occurs via HTML data attributes. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.4 (Medium) according to NIST with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Wordfence assessed it at 6.4 (Medium) with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, potentially leading to data theft or manipulation of user interactions (NVD).

The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with at least contributor-level privileges to exploit. The attack complexity is considered low, requiring network access and no special conditions for exploitation (NVD).

A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to version 3.2.46 or later of the Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP plugin (WordPress Patch).