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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-9545
CVE-2024-9545:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-9545) affecting versions up to and including 2.16.4. The vulnerability was discovered in the plugin's auxcontactbox and aux_gmaps shortcodes (NVD CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the auxcontactbox and aux_gmaps shortcodes. This security flaw 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 vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (NVD CVE).
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, potentially compromising the security of site administrators and other users (NVD CVE).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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