Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Affects WordPress Core
CVE-2024-6305

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
WordPress
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 June 2024

Summary

WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Template Part Block in various versions up to 6.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'tagName' attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected Version(s)

WordPress 5.9 <= 5.9.9

WordPress 6.0 <= 6.0.8

WordPress 6.1 <= 6.1.6

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58471
https://wordpress.org/news/2024/06/wordpress-6-5-5/

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

Rafie Muhammad
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