Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Embed Twine Plugin for WordPress

CVE-2024-12509

What is CVE-2024-12509?

The Embed Twine plugin for WordPress exhibits a critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-12509, characterized by Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This vulnerability arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping when handling the 'embed_twine' shortcode. Authenticated users with contributor-level access and higher can exploit this flaw to inject arbitrary web scripts into web pages. As a result, these malicious scripts are executed whenever a visitor loads the compromised content, potentially leading to unauthorized actions and access breaches. Users are urged to update or mitigate risks associated with the vulnerable versions of the Embed Twine plugin.

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