Stored Cross-Site Scripting in WP-BibTeX Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-13578

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
WP-bibtex
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 February 2025

What is CVE-2024-13578?

The WP-BibTeX plugin for WordPress suffers from a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability due to inadequate sanitization and escaping of user-supplied attributes within the 'WpBibTeX' shortcode. This flaw allows authenticated users with elevated permissions to inject malicious scripts that execute when other users access the affected pages, potentially compromising site integrity and user data.

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Affected Version(s)

WP-BibTeX * <= 3.0.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-bibtex/trun...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Peter Thaleikis
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