PT-2024-18441 · WordPress · Genesis Blocks

Ancorn + 1 · Published 2024-04-02 · Updated 2024-04-02 · CVE-2024-1946

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 Genesis Blocks plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.1.2

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the block content due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For Genesis Blocks plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.1.2, update to a version later than 3.1.2 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting contributor access and above to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1946

Affected Products

Genesis Blocks

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1946 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ce116ee1-f0ea-469b-8c17-8c17c76fdc66?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/75451 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1775142757054484652 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3059862%40genesis-blocks&new=3059862%40genesis-blocks&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1775101499787620442 · Twitter Post