CVE-2024-2729 (GCVE-0-2024-2729)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-18 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 19:25
VLAI
Title
Otter Blocks < 2.6.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Otter Blocks WordPress plugin before 2.6.6 does not properly escape its mainHeadings blocks' attribute before appending it to the final rendered block, allowing contributors to conduct Stored XSS attacks.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5014f886-020e-49… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Otter Blocks Affected: 0 , < 2.6.6 (semver)
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themeisle otter_blocks Affected: -
    cpe:2.3:a:themeisle:otter_blocks:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev WPScan
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