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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-9445
CVE-2024-9445:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Display Medium Posts plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions up to and including 5.0.1. The vulnerability exists in the plugin's displaymediumposts 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 (CWE-79) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 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. The vulnerability requires low attack complexity and low privileges but does need user interaction for successful exploitation (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or above to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The plugin has been closed as of October 2, 2024, due to this security issue. Users are advised to remove the plugin from their WordPress installations as there are no available patches (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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