CVE-2024-11432
Published: 21 November 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-11432 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 6.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The SuevaFree Essential Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting via the plugin's 'counter' shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.1.3. The issue stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes, as tracked under CWE-79 with a CVSS score of 6.4.
Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above can exploit the flaw to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts execute whenever another user accesses an injected page, enabling session hijacking or other client-side attacks within the WordPress site context.
Advisories reference a patched changeset in the plugin's WordPress repository along with details from Wordfence, indicating that updating beyond version 1.1.3 addresses the input handling deficiencies in the counter shortcode implementation.
The EPSS score reached a peak of 0.1522 after disclosure, reflecting a material rise that signals emerging exploitation interest and warrants renewed attention for sites running the affected plugin.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-33808
Vulnerability details
The SuevaFree Essential Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'counter' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes…
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it possible for 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.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.