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CVE-2024-7703:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The ARMember – Membership Plugin for WordPress (versions up to 4.0.37) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-7703) discovered in August 2024. The vulnerability affects the plugin's SVG file upload functionality and stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping (NVD).
Technical details
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. The issue is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and affects the SVG file upload functionality in the plugin (Wordfence).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the affected SVG file (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to a version newer than 4.0.37 of the ARMember plugin to address this vulnerability (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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