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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-9645
CVE-2024-9645:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2024-9645 affects The Post Grid, Posts Slider, Posts Carousel, Post Filter, Post Masonry WordPress plugin versions before 2.2.93. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Dmitrii Ignatyev, with the issue being publicly disclosed on September 9, 2024 (WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue where the plugin does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embedded. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium) and is classified under CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting) (WPScan).
Impact
The vulnerability allows users with contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information or manipulation of website content (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.2.93 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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