PT-2024-39508 · WordPress · Download Plugins/Themes In Zip From Dashboard

Dale Mavers + 1 · Published 2024-10-11 · Updated 2024-10-15 · CVE-2024-9232

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 Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.9.1

Description The issue arises from the use of add query arg without proper escaping on the URL, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that execute when a user performs a specific action, such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.9.1, update to a version higher than 1.9.1 to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9232

Affected Products

Download Plugins/Themes In Zip From Dashboard

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9232 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugins-dashboard/tags/1.9.1/includes/settings/class-alg-download-plugins-settings.php#L336 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3165289/#file5 · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/7668 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c3ea04ba-b609-49cd-aae8-68f5b51df154?source=cve · Note