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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-9230
CVE-2024-9230:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry for WordPress versions before 11.9.18 contains a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The issue was discovered on March 24, 2025, and affects the podcast URL settings functionality (WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient sanitization and escaping of settings when adding a podcast. This security flaw allows users with author-level permissions and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.9 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (CISA-ADP).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated users with author-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts into podcast URLs. When other users view or interact with the affected podcast content, the injected scripts will execute in their browsers (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update their PowerPress Podcasting plugin to version 11.9.18 or later, which contains the fix for this vulnerability (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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