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CVE-2024-7147:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The JetBlocks for Elementor plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-7147) affecting all versions up to and including 1.3.12. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with disclosure on August 16, 2024 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in multiple placeholder parameters. It 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. The weakness is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD, Wordfence).
Impact
When exploited, this 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 (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to a version newer than 1.3.12 of the JetBlocks for Elementor plugin to address this vulnerability (JetBlocks).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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