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CVE-2024-9653:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Restaurant Menu – Food Ordering System – Table Reservation plugin for WordPress contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-9653) via the 'action' parameter in versions up to and including 2.4.2. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting). It has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.1 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when users perform specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update the Restaurant Menu – Food Ordering System – Table Reservation plugin to a version newer than 2.4.2. A patch has been made available to address this vulnerability (Wordpress Patch).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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