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CVE-2024-9115: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Common Tools for Site plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-9115) in versions up to and including 1.0.2. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on September 25, 2024, affecting WordPress installations with the Common Tools for Site plugin installed (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's SVG file upload functionality. This security flaw has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) by NIST and 6.4 (Medium) by Wordfence. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

Impact

A successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Author-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts through SVG file uploads. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the affected SVG file, potentially compromising the security of the WordPress installation (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The plugin has been closed as of September 25, 2024, due to security issues and is no longer available for download. Users are advised to remove the plugin from their WordPress installations (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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