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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-9769
CVE-2024-9769:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Video Gallery – Best WordPress YouTube Gallery plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-9769) in versions up to and including 2.4.1. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in admin settings (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue. It has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability specifically affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled (Wordfence).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update the Video Gallery – Best WordPress YouTube Gallery plugin to a version newer than 2.4.1 to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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