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CVE-2024-7573:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Relevanssi Live Ajax Search plugin for WordPress contains an argument injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-7573) affecting all versions up to and including 2.4. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with public disclosure on August 27, 2024 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient validation of input supplied via POST data in the 'search' function. This security flaw has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. The weakness is classified as CWE-88 (Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command) (NVD, Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary arguments into a WP_Query query, potentially exposing sensitive information such as attachments or private posts (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A fix has been implemented in the WordPress plugin repository as evidenced by the changeset (WordPress Plugin). Users are advised to update to the latest version of the plugin.
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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