Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Quote Post Type Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2024-13386

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Quote-posttype-plugin
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 January 2025

Summary

The Quote Post Type Plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability characterized by Stored Cross-Site Scripting. This occurs through the Author field due to inadequate sanitization of user inputs and failure to properly escape outputs. Authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher can exploit this flaw by injecting malicious web scripts into pages, leading to potential execution of these scripts whenever a user accesses the compromised page. All versions of the plugin up to and including 1.2.2 are affected.

Affected Version(s)

quote-posttype-plugin * <= 1.2.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/quote-post-type-plugin/

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

SOPROBRO
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