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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-8325
CVE-2024-8325:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Blockspare WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 3.2.4) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the 'blocksparerendersocialsharingblock' function. This vulnerability was assigned CVE-2024-8325 and affects the plugin's social sharing block functionality (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'blocksparerendersocialsharingblock' function. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.4 (Medium) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N according to NVD, while Wordfence assessed it at 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 (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 (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to a version newer than 3.2.4 to mitigate this security issue (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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