Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Financial Calculator Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-11783

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Financial Calculator
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 December 2024

Summary

CVE-2024-11783 is a critical Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability found in the Financial Calculator plugin for WordPress. This issue arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in user-supplied attributes, specifically via the 'finance_calculator' shortcode. Attackers with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious scripts into web pages, which will execute each time a user visits the compromised page. This poses a significant risk to site integrity and user security, making it essential for site administrators to update to the latest version immediately to mitigate potential attacks.

Affected Version(s)

Financial Calculator * <= 2.2.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/finance-calcul...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Peter Thaleikis
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