Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Guten Post Layout's WordPress Gutenberg Plugin
CVE-2024-8288

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Guten Post Layout – An Advanced Post Grid Collection For WordPress Gutenberg
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 October 2024

What is CVE-2024-8288?

The Guten Post Layout plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue due to inadequate sanitization and escaping of user inputs in the 'align' attribute of the 'wp:guten-post-layout/post-grid' Gutenberg block. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary scripts into web pages. When users access these pages, malicious scripts can be executed, potentially compromising site integrity and user data.

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Affected Version(s)

Guten Post Layout – An Advanced Post Grid Collection for WordPress Gutenberg * <= 1.2.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/guten-post-lay...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/guten-post-layout/#developers

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

Francesco Carlucci
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