Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in WordPress File Upload Plugin
CVE-2024-2847

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
WordPress File Upload
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 April 2024

Summary

The File Upload plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) due to inadequate input validation and insufficient output encoding of user-supplied attributes in its shortcode functionality. Authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability to embed malicious scripts into web pages, which will execute when other users view the affected pages, potentially compromising user data and website integrity. This issue affects all versions up to and including 4.24.5.

Affected Version(s)

WordPress File Upload * <= 4.24.5

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

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

Krzysztof Zając
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