PT-2024-31158 · WordPress · Content Views – Post Grid & Filter

Wesley · Published 2024-05-09 · Updated 2024-05-14 · CVE-2024-4446

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 Content Views – Post Grid & Filter, Recent Posts, Category Posts, & More plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.7.1

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting 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 via the pagingType parameter. The injected scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For Content Views – Post Grid & Filter, Recent Posts, Category Posts, & More plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.7.1, consider updating to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the pagingType parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-4446

Affected Products

Content Views – Post Grid & Filter

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4446 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-views-query-and-display-post-page/tags/3.7.1/includes/html.php#L803 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/65504747-7f1b-43f9-be4d-48b9547e7c45?source=cve · Note