Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in WPBakery Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-1842

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 May 2024

Summary

The WPBakery Page Builder plugin for WordPress suffers from a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. This flaw arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping concerning the Custom Heading tag attribute. Authenticated users with contributor privileges or higher can exploit this weakness to inject malicious web scripts into pages. These scripts execute whenever users visit the compromised pages, leading to potential data theft or other malicious actions. It's critical for website administrators to update to the latest version to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

WPBakery Visual Composer * <= 7.5

References

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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