Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in WP Simple Anchors Links Plugin

CVE-2024-9446

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
WP Simple Anchors Links
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 October 2024

Summary

The WP Simple Anchors Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's wpanchor shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.

Refferences

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-simple-anch...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-anchors-links/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

Collectors

NVD Database
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