Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in BU Section Editing WordPress Plugin
CVE-2024-12736

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Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Bu Section Editing
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 January 2025

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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2024-12736?

The BU Section Editing WordPress plugin fails to properly sanitize and escape user-supplied input, leading to a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. This flaw poses a significant risk for high privilege users such as administrators, as it can allow attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of the user's session, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data exposure.

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Affected Version(s)

BU Section Editing 0 <= 0.9.9

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2024-12736 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d3c6a4c1-8358-4f8b-b58d-...
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Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Hassan Khan Yusufzai - Splint3r7
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