CVE-2024-5289

Medium

Published: 27 June 2024

Published

27 June 2024

Modified

08 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0025 49.0th percentile

Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-5289 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Kadencewp Gutenberg Blocks With Ai. Its CVSS base score is 6.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 49.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-46525

Vulnerability details

The Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP – Page Builder Features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Google Maps widget parameters in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.42 due to insufficient input sanitization…

and output escaping. This makes 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): CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.

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T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access

An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.

attack.mitre.org →

T1555.003 Credentials from Web Browsers Credential Access

Adversaries may acquire credentials from web browsers by reading files specific to the target browser.

attack.mitre.org →

Why these techniques?

Stored XSS in WordPress plugin allows low-privileged authenticated users (Contributor+) to inject arbitrary JavaScript into pages, facilitating exploitation for privilege escalation (T1068) by targeting higher-privileged users and stealing session cookies (T1539) or browser credentials (T1555.003).