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

Summary

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.

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
.