Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Pingmeter Uptime Monitoring Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-11808

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Pingmeter Uptime Monitoring
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 December 2024

Summary

The Pingmeter Uptime Monitoring plugin for WordPress is susceptible to reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping mechanisms concerning the '_wpnonce' parameter. As a result, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this flaw to inject malicious scripts into web pages. When users are tricked into clicking a specially crafted link, the malicious script executes within their browser session, potentially compromising sensitive user information or leading to further exploitation of the WordPress site.

Affected Version(s)

Pingmeter Uptime Monitoring * <= 1.0.3

References

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

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Dale Mavers
.