PT-2024-16813 · WordPress · Multi-Column Tag Map

Peter Thaleikis · Published 2024-12-21 · Updated 2024-12-21 · CVE-2024-11196

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 Multi-column Tag Map plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 17.0.33

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's mctagmap shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. 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, 17.0.33, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the mctagmap shortcode for users with contributor-level access and above until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-11196

Affected Products

Multi-Column Tag Map

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11196 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bb41862a-0cde-46f0-bd86-5a04e76f7345?source=cve · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/multi-column-tag-map/#developers · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3218545 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/105224 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1870369977661816912 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/multi-column-tag-map/tags/17.0.33/mctagmap_functions.php#L1176 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1870400726842663396 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/multi-column-tag-map/tags/17.0.33/mctagmap_functions.php#L135 · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/13490 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/multi-column-tag-map/tags/17.0.33/mctagmap_functions.php#L1179 · Note