Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Geo Content Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-11887

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Geo Content
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 January 2025

Summary

The Geo Content plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability that allows for Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the 'geotargetlygeocontent' shortcode. This issue affects all versions up to and including 6.0. Due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping mechanisms, authenticated attackers with contributor-level access can exploit this flaw. By injecting arbitrary web scripts into content managed by the plugin, these scripts may execute whenever a user visits the compromised page, potentially leading to session hijacking or defacement.

Affected Version(s)

Geo Content * <= 6.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/geo-targetly-g...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/geo-targetly-geo-content/

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

Djaidja Moundjid
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