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CVE-2024-9619:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WP SHAPES plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-9619) that affects all versions up to and including 1.0.0. The vulnerability was discovered by Francesco Carlucci and was publicly disclosed on December 19, 2024 (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability is caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping when handling SVG file uploads. It 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).
Impact
This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Author-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages through SVG file uploads. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the affected SVG file (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The plugin has been closed as of December 17, 2024, due to this security issue. Users are advised to remove the plugin from their WordPress installations as there are no patches available (WordPress).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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