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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-6993
CVE-2024-6993:
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Overview
CVE-2023-6993 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability affecting the Custom post types, Custom Fields & more plugin for WordPress in versions up to and including 5.0.4. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with the initial disclosure made on April 9, 2024 (Wordfence Report).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied post meta values in the plugin's shortcode and custom post meta functionality. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (Wordfence Report).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page, potentially compromising the security of site visitors (Wordfence Report).
Mitigation and workarounds
A fix has been implemented in the WordPress plugin repository, as evidenced by the changelog (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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