CVE-2024-9446

Nov. 1, 2024, 12:57 p.m.

6.4
Medium

Description

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
WP Simple Anchors Links plugin for WordPress
  • up to 1.0.0

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/wp-simple-anchors-links/trunk/wpsimpleanchorslinks_class.php#L221
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-anchors-links/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d851ad1f-be74-49eb-9c0d-c1b309581209?source=cve

Tags

CWE-79
security@wordfence.com
2024-10-31
CVE-2024-9446

CVSS Score

6.4 / 10

CVSS Data

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

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

Date

  • Published: Oct. 31, 2024, 7:15 a.m.
  • Last Modified: Nov. 1, 2024, 12:57 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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