Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Yumpu E-Paper Publishing Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-12621

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Yumpu E-paper Publishing
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 January 2025

What is CVE-2024-12621?

The Yumpu E-Paper publishing plugin for WordPress is susceptible to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping for the 'YUMPU' shortcode. Authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious scripts into web pages. When other users view these compromised pages, the injected scripts execute, potentially leading to data theft, session hijacking, or other malicious activities.

Affected Version(s)

Yumpu E-Paper publishing * <= 3.0.8

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yumpu-epaper-p...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yumpu-epaper-p...

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

muhammad yudha
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