CVE-2024-7769
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2024-7769 affects the ClickSold IDX WordPress plugin through version 1.90. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Amandeep Singh Banga and was publicly disclosed on July 9, 2024 (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue that occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize and escape some of its settings. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.8 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (CISA-ADP).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow high privilege users such as administrators to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, which is particularly concerning in multisite setups (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no known fix available for this vulnerability (WPScan).

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