CVE-2024-45429
Published: 04 September 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-45429 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Wpengine Advanced Custom Fields. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 32.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-41469
Vulnerability details
Cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Advanced Custom Fields versions 6.3.5 and earlier and Advanced Custom Fields Pro versions 6.3.5 and earlier. If an attacker with the 'capability' setting privilege which is set in the product settings stores an arbitrary script…
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in the field label, the script may be executed on the web browser of the logged-in user with the same privilege as the attacker's.
- 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.