CVE-2024-5417 Gutentor < 3.3.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via unescaped block options, leading to stored XSS attacks on WordPress sites using Gutentor.
- 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-2024-5417?
CVE-2024-5417 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Gutentor, published on 29 Aug 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
The Gutentor WordPress plugin before 3.3.6 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5417?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gutentor Gutentor.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5417?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5417 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-2024-5417 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5417 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Gutentor
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gv48-7crg-mcfr.