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CVE-2024-5884:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Beauty theme for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-5884) via the 'tplfeaturedcat_id' parameter in versions up to and including 1.1.4. The vulnerability was discovered by Francesco Carlucci and publicly disclosed on September 12, 2024 (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Beauty WordPress theme. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) by Wordfence and 5.4 (Medium) by NIST with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users of the Beauty WordPress theme should upgrade to a version newer than 1.1.4 when available. Until then, site administrators should carefully monitor and restrict user privileges, particularly for Subscriber-level accounts (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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