Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in WPBakery Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-1805

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
WPbakery Visual Composer
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 May 2024

Summary

The WPBakery plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability that arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in the button onclick attribute. This flaw impacts all versions up to and including 7.5, enabling authenticated attackers with contributor privileges or higher to inject arbitrary scripts into webpages. Consequently, any user visiting an affected page may unwittingly execute malicious web scripts, potentially compromising their security.

Affected Version(s)

WPBakery Visual Composer * <= 7.5

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://kb.wpbakery.com/docs/preface/release-notes/

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

Mdr001
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