Otter Blocks Plugin Vulnerable to Stored XSS Attacks
CVE-2024-2729

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress

Vendor
CVE Published:
18 April 2024

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๐Ÿ‘พ Exploit Exists๐ŸŸก Public PoC

What is CVE-2024-2729?

The Otter Blocks WordPress plugin before 2.6.6 does not properly escape its mainHeadings blocks' attribute before appending it to the final rendered block, allowing contributors to conduct Stored XSS attacks.

Affected Version(s)

Otter Blocks 0 < 2.6.6

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.

References

Timeline

  • ๐ŸŸก

    Public PoC available

  • ๐Ÿ‘พ

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Dmitrii Ignatyev
WPScan
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