WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Hyperlink Group Block < 1.17.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
hyperlink-group-block
Fixed in 1.17.6

References

CVE
CVE-2024-49279
URL
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/hyperlink-group-block/wordpress-hyperlink-group-block-plugin-1-17-5-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
5.9 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Khalid Yusuf
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
35d6c851-9c65-4e10-91ae-eb6a53fa1810

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-10-15 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2024-10-18 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2024-10-25 (about 1 year ago)

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