CVE-2024-54403 WordPress Visual Recent Posts plugin <= 1.2.3 - Reflected Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
Attackers can inject malicious scripts via reflected XSS in the Visual Recent Posts plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-54403?
CVE-2024-54403 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in oktoberfive Visual Recent Posts, published on 16 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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 oktoberfive Visual Recent Posts visual-recent-posts allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Visual Recent Posts: from n/a through <= 1.2.3.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-54403?
How do I fix CVE-2024-54403?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-54403 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-2024-54403 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-54403 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9656-v933-mxp7.