PT-2024-16839 · WordPress · Parallax Image

Peter Thaleikis · Published 2024-11-19 · Updated 2024-11-22 · CVE-2024-11224

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 Parallax Image plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.9

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the position parameter 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 Parallax Image plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.9: Update to the latest version to secure your site. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the position parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-11224

Affected Products

Parallax Image

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11224 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/56e5f7c9-ad22-43b3-9bfe-0eea1f8040d3?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3189649 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/parallax-image/tags/1.9/assets/shortcode.php#L156 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/parallax-image/#developers · Note
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1859825046157500694 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1859825062263541864 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/11447 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/102111 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1859825052524347398 · Twitter Post