CVE-2024-8288 Cross-site scripting in Guten Post Layout – An Advanced Post Grid Collection
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the align attribute in the Guten Post Layout plugin, affecting WordPress sites.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8288?
CVE-2024-8288 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in adreastrian Guten Post Layout – An Advanced Post Grid Collection, published on 1 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Guten Post Layout – An Advanced Post Grid Collection for WordPress Gutenberg plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘align’ attribute within the 'wp:guten-post-layout/post-grid' Gutenberg block in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8288?
How do I fix CVE-2024-8288?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8288 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-2024-8288 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8288 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3pp3-27wh-qpp3.