PT-2024-39582 · WordPress · Embed Videos/Respect Privacy

Dale Mavers + 1 · Published 2024-10-11 · Updated 2024-10-15 · CVE-2024-9346

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 Embed videos and respect privacy plugin for WordPress versions prior to 1.2

Description The issue allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping via the v parameter. This can be exploited if an attacker can trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For Embed videos and respect privacy plugin for WordPress versions prior to 1.2, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the v parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9346

Affected Products

Embed Videos/Respect Privacy

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9346 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/video-embed-privacy/trunk/preview/preview.php · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/487e5add-726c-4cfc-b86e-bb4eeec168a3?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/7672 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3162600%40video-embed-privacy&new=3162600%40video-embed-privacy&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note