CVE-2024-9436

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79)

Published: Oct 11, 2024 / Updated: 39d ago

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CVSS 6.1EPSS 0.05%Medium
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The PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.14. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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

Timeline

First Article

Feedly found the first article mentioning CVE-2024-9436. See article

Oct 11, 2024 at 6:58 AM / Vulners.com RSS Feed
CVSS Estimate

Feedly estimated the CVSS score as MEDIUM

Oct 11, 2024 at 6:58 AM
CVE Assignment

NVD published the first details for CVE-2024-9436

Oct 11, 2024 at 1:15 PM
CVSS

A CVSS base score of 6.1 has been assigned.

Oct 11, 2024 at 1:20 PM / nvd
EPSS

EPSS Score was set to: 0.05% (Percentile: 21.2%)

Oct 12, 2024 at 10:55 AM
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Affected Systems

Wordpress/wordpress
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Attack Patterns

CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch
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News

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 7, 2024 to October 13, 2024)
WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week The team rolled out enhanced protection via firewall rules for the following vulnerabilities in real-time to our Premium, Care, and Response customers last week:
CVE-2024-9436
Medium Severity Description The PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.14. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Read more at https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2024-9436
Medium - CVE-2024-9436 - The PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts,...
The PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg...
CVE-2024-9436 - WordPress PublishPress Revisions Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
CVE ID : CVE-2024-9436 Published : Oct. 11, 2024, 1:15 p.m. 18 minutes ago Description : The PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.14. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Severity:
CVE-2024-9436
The PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.14. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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CVSS V3.1

Attack Vector:Network
Attack Complexity:Low
Privileges Required:None
User Interaction:Required
Scope:Changed
Confidentiality:Low
Integrity:Low
Availability Impact:None

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