CVE-2024-2761 (GCVE-0-2024-2761)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-19 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 19:25
VLAI
Title
Genesis Blocks < 3.1.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Genesis Blocks WordPress plugin before 3.1.3 does not properly escape data input provided to some of its blocks, allowing using with at least contributor privileges to conduct Stored XSS attacks.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-19 21:15 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e092ccdc-7ea1-49… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Genesis Blocks Affected: 0 , < 3.1.3 (semver)
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studiopress genesis_blocks Affected: -
    cpe:2.3:a:studiopress:genesis_blocks:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev WPScan
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