Plugin Vulnerability: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Advanced WordPress Backgrounds

CVE-2024-8045

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor: Nko
Status: Advanced WordPress Backgrounds
Vendor: CVE Published:; 11 September 2024

Summary

The Advanced WordPress Backgrounds plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘imageTag’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.12.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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)

Advanced WordPress Backgrounds <= 1.12.3

CVSS V3.1

Score:

5.4

Severity:

MEDIUM

Confidentiality:

Low

Integrity:

Low

Availability:

None

Attack Vector:

Network

Attack Complexity:

Low

Privileges Required:

Low

User Interaction:

Required

Scope:

Changed

Timeline

Vulnerability published.
Sep 11, 2024
Disclosed
Sep 10, 2024
Vulnerability Reserved.
Aug 21, 2024

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Craig Smith