PT-2024-37154 · WordPress · Silesia Theme

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-06-28 · Updated 2024-06-28 · CVE-2024-5788

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: Silesia theme for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.6

Description: The issue arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'link' attribute within the theme's Button shortcode, allowing authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages. These scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations: For Silesia theme for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.6, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Button shortcode. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Button shortcode or disabling it until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-5788

Affected Products

Silesia Theme

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5788 · Security Note
• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/silesia/1.0.6/functions/shortcodes.php#L128 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0183625a-611c-4353-9d2a-7a25ae12709a?source=cve · Note