Themes Vulnerabilities

Kahuna < 1.7.0.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Description

The theme 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 Themes

kahuna
Fixed in 1.7.0.1

References

CVE
CVE-2024-43994
URL
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/kahuna/wordpress-kahuna-theme-1-7-0-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
stealthcopter
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
574a5e5e-003e-448a-a3b5-afe123176c5d

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-08-29 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2024-09-05 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2024-10-28 (about 1 year ago)

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