CVE-2024-13329
Published: 04 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-13329 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Solidres Solidres. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 35.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-13329 is a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, classified under CWE-79, affecting the Solidres WordPress plugin in versions through 0.9.4. The plugin fails to sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, enabling malicious script injection. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating high severity due to its network accessibility and potential scope change.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low attack complexity, though it requires user interaction, such as a victim clicking a malicious link or visiting a crafted page. The issue targets high-privilege users like administrators, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser context upon successful exploitation. This can result in low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as session hijacking or data theft within the user's session.
The WPScan advisories at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f923e557-dc3c-43b7-9545-9e92751c9783/ provide further details on the vulnerability, including identification and affected versions.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-51534
Vulnerability details
The Solidres WordPress plugin through 0.9.4 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of the application (T1190) via crafted malicious links requiring victim interaction (T1189).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-15 mandates filtering information prior to output, directly preventing the reflected XSS from unescaped parameters in the Solidres WordPress plugin.
SI-10 requires validation of inputs to sanitize parameters, mitigating the unsanitized input leading to XSS exploitation in CVE-2024-13329.
SI-2 ensures timely identification and remediation of flaws like the sanitization failure in the Solidres plugin versions through 0.9.4.