PT-2024-38803 · WordPress · Wp Category Dropdown

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-09-23 · Updated 2024-09-30 · CVE-2024-8103

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: WP Category Dropdown plugin for WordPress version 1.8 and earlier

Description: The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the align parameter 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.

Recommendations: For WP Category Dropdown plugin for WordPress version 1.8 and earlier, update to a version later than 1.8 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the align parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-8103

Affected Products

Wp Category Dropdown

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8103 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8103 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1838472334090330460 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1838849001191330251 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3166152/wp-category-dropdown/trunk/category_dropdown_block.php · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-category-dropdown/tags/1.8/category_dropdown_block.php#L8 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-category-dropdown/#developers · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-category-dropdown/trunk/src/index.js#L24 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-category-dropdown/trunk/build/index.js#L270 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7c959f9c-8ac4-4f59-9d93-8f96e650b02d?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-category-dropdown/trunk/src/edit.js#L258 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-category-dropdown/trunk/category_dropdown_block.php#L8 · Note