PT-2024-16588 · WordPress · Newsmash

Matthew Rollings + 1 · Published 2024-12-06 · Updated 2024-12-06 · CVE-2024-10849

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NewsMash theme for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.71

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a malicious display name due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows 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.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.0.71, update to a version higher than 1.0.71 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the display name field to prevent malicious input. Additionally, restrict Contributor-level access and above to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-10849

Affected Products

Newsmash

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10849 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1865095894363770971 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3bb30dac-e0f3-43dd-a20d-9af6c7af3cb4?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/103274 · Telegram Post
• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=250662%40newsmash&new=250662%40newsmash&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1864954294845251911 · Twitter Post