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CVE-2024-8486: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme WordPress plugin (CVE-2024-8486) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability affecting versions up to and including 2.16.3. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 5, 2024 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists in the Modern Heading and Icon Picker widgets due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'url' parameter. 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 weakness is categorized as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) (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

Users should update to a version newer than 2.16.3 if available. The vulnerability has been identified in the plugin's source code at specific locations in the Modern Heading and Icon Picker widgets (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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