Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Display Medium Posts WordPress Plugin
CVE-2024-9445

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Display Medium Posts
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 October 2024

What is CVE-2024-9445?

The Display Medium Posts plugin for WordPress is susceptible to stored cross-site scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping within the display_medium_posts shortcode. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary scripts into pages. When users access these compromised pages, the injected web scripts will execute, potentially leading to unauthorized actions, data theft, and other malicious activities against the site's users.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/display-medium...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-medium-posts/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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CVE-2024-9445 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Display Medium Posts WordPress Plugin