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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-6849
CVE-2024-6849:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Preloader Plus – WordPress Loading Screen Plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-6849) affecting all versions up to and including 2.2.1. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on September 7, 2024 (NVD, WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping when handling SVG file uploads. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) by NIST and 6.4 (Medium) by Wordfence. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (NVD).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Author-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the affected SVG file (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of September 6, 2024, the plugin has been closed and is no longer available for download from the WordPress plugin repository due to this security issue. No official fix has been released (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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