CVE-2024-9521

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

Published: Oct 16, 2024 / Updated: 35d ago

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CVSS 6.4EPSS 0.05%Medium
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The SEO Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post meta in versions up to, and including, 1.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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

Timeline

CVE Assignment

NVD published the first details for CVE-2024-9521

Oct 16, 2024 at 2:15 AM
First Article

Feedly found the first article mentioning CVE-2024-9521. See article

Oct 16, 2024 at 2:18 AM / Vulners.com RSS Feed
CVSS Estimate

Feedly estimated the CVSS score as MEDIUM

Oct 16, 2024 at 2:18 AM
CVSS

A CVSS base score of 6.4 has been assigned.

Oct 16, 2024 at 2:20 AM / nvd
EPSS

EPSS Score was set to: 0.05% (Percentile: 14.8%)

Oct 16, 2024 at 9:58 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

Medium - CVE-2024-9521 - The SEO Manager plugin for WordPress is...
The SEO Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post meta in versions up to, and including, 1.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on...
CVE-2024-9521
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CVE-2024-9521
Medium Severity Description The SEO Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post meta in versions up to, and including, 1.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Read more at https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2024-9521
SEO Manager <= 1.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Meta
India-web-developer - MEDIUM - CVE-2024-9521 The SEO Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post meta in versions up to, and including, 1.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVE-2024-9521 - WordPress SEO Manager Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
CVE ID : CVE-2024-9521 Published : Oct. 16, 2024, 2:15 a.m. 15 minutes ago Description : The SEO Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post meta in versions up to, and including, 1.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Severity: 6.4
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CVSS V3.1

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

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