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CVE-2024-7629:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Responsive video plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-7629) in all versions up to and including 1.0. The vulnerability exists in the plugin's video settings function due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) by NIST with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. Wordfence has assigned a slightly higher CVSS score of 6.4 (Medium) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and CWE-80 (Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page) (NVD).
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, potentially leading to data theft or manipulation of user sessions (NVD).
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Source: This report was generated using AI
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