Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Simply Guest Author Name Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-0254

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
(Simply) Guest Author Name
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 February 2024

What is CVE-2024-0254?

The Simply Guest Author Name plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, stemming from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's post meta. This flaw allows attackers with contributor-level permissions and above to inject malicious web scripts. These scripts can be executed whenever a user views the affected page, potentially compromising user data and site integrity.

Affected Version(s)

(Simply) Guest Author Name * <= 4.34

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/guest-author-n...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Francesco Carlucci
.