PT-2024-39251 · WordPress · Auto Featured Image From Title

Dale Mavers + 1 · Published 2024-10-01 · Updated 2024-10-04 · CVE-2024-8786

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Auto Featured Image from Title plugin for WordPress versions prior to 2.3

Description: The issue is related to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add query arg without appropriate escaping on the URL. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.3, update to a version that includes the necessary escaping for the add query arg function to prevent Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the plugin's functionality until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-8786

Affected Products

Auto Featured Image From Title

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8786 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/96651 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/6734 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3197713%40auto-featured-image-from-title%2Ftrunk&old=3074039%40auto-featured-image-from-title%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file0 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1841036684173197775 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auto-featured-image-from-title/trunk/auto-featured-image-from-title.php#L822 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1841067627478724628 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a2bf6102-458f-4930-8880-baa96afb1c15?source=cve · Note