CVE-2024-51700
Published: 07 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-51700 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Browser Session Hijacking (T1185); ranked at the 32.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly addresses improper neutralization of input in the NAVER Analytics plugin by enforcing validation to block malicious payloads used in stored XSS exploitation.
Mitigates stored XSS by filtering outputs during web page generation to neutralize injected scripts viewed by other users.
Remediates the specific flaw in NAVER Analytics versions <=0.9 through identification, reporting, and correction of the CSRF-to-stored XSS vulnerability.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Stored XSS via CSRF directly enables browser session hijacking (T1185) and web session cookie theft (T1539) through arbitrary JS execution; the vuln itself is an instance of public-facing app exploitation (T1190).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in eutrue NAVER Analytics naver-analytics allows Stored XSS.This issue affects NAVER Analytics: from n/a through <= 0.9.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2024-51700 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the NAVER Analytics WordPress plugin by eutrue (naver-analytics). This issue impacts all versions from unknown initial release through 0.9 inclusive. The vulnerability has 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 scope change.
Unauthenticated attackers (PR:N) can exploit this vulnerability remotely (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L), though it requires user interaction (UI:R), such as tricking a user into performing an action. The attack scenario involves CSRF leading to stored XSS, where malicious input is injected and persists on the site, executing in the context of other users (S:C) who view affected pages. Successful exploitation enables low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as session hijacking or data theft for viewing users.
The primary advisory from Patchstack (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/naver-analytics/vulnerability/wordpress-naver-analytics-plugin-0-9-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the CSRF-to-Stored XSS vulnerability specifically in version 0.9 of the WordPress NAVER Analytics plugin. Security practitioners should consult this reference for detailed mitigation steps, including potential patches or configuration changes to prevent exploitation.
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