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CVE-2024-6138: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking WordPress plugin before version 4.0.9 contains a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This security issue was discovered and publicly disclosed on June 20, 2024, and was assigned CVE-2024-6138 (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from improper sanitization and escaping of certain settings in the plugin. This security flaw has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N according to NVD's assessment. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow high privilege users such as administrators to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, particularly in multisite setups (WPScan).

Exploitability

A proof of concept exists that involves accessing Copy Protection > General Settings > Integrations and adding malicious payload to API fields (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to version 4.0.9 or later of the Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking WordPress plugin to address this vulnerability (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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