PT-2024-39706 · WordPress · Category/Taxonomy Meta Fields

István Márton · Published 2024-10-22 · Updated 2024-10-29 · CVE-2024-9589

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields plugin for WordPress version 1.0.0

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The new meta name parameter in the wpaft option page function is specifically vulnerable. This issue only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered html has been disabled.

Recommendations For version 1.0.0, consider disabling the wpaft option page function or restricting access to it until a patch is available. Additionally, restrict the use of the new meta name parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9589

Affected Products

Category/Taxonomy Meta Fields

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9589 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9589 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-custom-taxonomy-meta/trunk/includes/options.php?rev=1196908#L232 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9d879fc6-97ec-4ecb-99c8-7fc0b91692ef?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/99060 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/8598 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1848669994810544152 · Twitter Post