PT-2024-17249 · WordPress · Particle Background

Djaidja Moundjid + 1 · Published 2024-12-20 · Updated 2024-12-20 · CVE-2024-11775

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 Particle Background plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.2

Description The Particle Background plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'particleground' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes, such as particleground shortcode attributes. 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.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.0.2, update to a version that fixes the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the particleground shortcode until a patch is available. Restrict access to pages that use the particleground shortcode to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the particleground shortcode in pages until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-11775

Affected Products

Particle Background

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11775 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1870008165875568670 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/105064 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/13425 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/42cf84d1-37f5-41c1-838d-67244f17c55d?source=cve · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/particle-background · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/particle-background/trunk/particleground.php#L59 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1870054872831152588 · Twitter Post