CVE-2024-33648 WordPress Recencio Book Reviews plugin <= 1.66.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

An attacker can inject malicious scripts via DOM-based XSS in the Recencio Book Reviews plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-33648?

CVE-2024-33648 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kemory Grubb Recencio Book Reviews, published on 29 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Kemory Grubb Recencio Book Reviews recencio-book-reviews allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Recencio Book Reviews: from n/a through <= 1.66.0.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33648?

How do I fix CVE-2024-33648?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33648 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-33648 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33648 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rqw7-3533-cfwv.

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