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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-9425
CVE-2024-9425:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Advanced Category and Custom Taxonomy Image plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-9425) in versions up to and including 1.0.9. The vulnerability exists in the plugin's adtaximage shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, tracked as CWE-79. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.4 (Medium) with the 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 rates 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, Wordfence).
Impact
The 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 an affected page (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to version 1.1.0 or later of the Advanced Category and Custom Taxonomy Image plugin, which contains security fixes for this vulnerability (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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