CVE-2024-6704

Aug. 2, 2024, 12:59 p.m.

5.3
Medium

Description

The Comments – wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to HTML Injection in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.21. This is due to a lack of filtering of HTML tags in comments. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add HTML such as hyperlinks to comments when rich editing is disabled.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Comments - wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress
  • up to 7.6.21

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/trunk/class.WpdiscuzCore.php#L335
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3124810/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa3501a4-7975-4f90-8037-f8a06c293c07?source=cve

Tags

CWE-79
security@wordfence.com
2024-08-02
CVE-2024-6704

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10

CVSS Data

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: NONE
    • View Vector String

    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Date

  • Published: Aug. 2, 2024, 11:16 a.m.
  • Last Modified: Aug. 2, 2024, 12:59 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@wordfence.com

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