Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Affects WordPress Multi-Site Installations
CVE-2024-9589

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Category And Taxonomy Meta Fields
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 October 2024

What is CVE-2024-9589?

The Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This flaw exists in versions up to and including 1.0.0 of the plugin. Authenticated attackers possessing administrator-level permissions can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. The malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, significantly affecting the security integrity of installations, particularly in multi-site setups or those where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-custom-taxo...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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