PT-2024-37494 · WordPress · Post Meta Data Manager

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-07-02 · Updated 2024-07-02 · CVE-2024-6264

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: Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.2.3

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 that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, via the meta key parameter.

Recommendations: For Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.2.3, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-6264

Affected Products

Post Meta Data Manager

References · 7

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3109558 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6264 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6264 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-meta-data-manager/trunk/includes/admin/html/pmdm_wp_display_user_metadata_html.php#L31 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9dd6828b-6235-4284-bce6-be23b79ac70e?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-meta-data-manager/trunk/includes/admin/html/pmdm_wp_display_term_metadata_html.php#L32 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-meta-data-manager/trunk/includes/admin/html/pmdm_wp_display_post_metadata_html.php#L23 · Note