Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Affects Material Design Icons Plugin for WordPress

CVE-2024-9024

Summary

The Material Design Icons plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that allows authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher to exploit stored cross-site scripting (XSS) through the plugin’s mdi-icon shortcode. This issue arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. As a result, an attacker can inject malicious scripts that will execute when other users access affected pages. This vulnerability highlights the importance of securing user inputs to prevent unauthorized script execution and safeguard the integrity of web applications.

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