CVE-2024-56028
Published: 02 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-56028 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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 34.2th 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
Filters information outputs during web page generation to neutralize reflected XSS payloads before they are rendered as executable scripts.
Validates untrusted inputs to the WordPress plugin to reject or sanitize malicious XSS scripts prior to processing.
Remediates the specific reflected XSS flaw in the lemonade-sna-pinterest-edition plugin through timely security updates and patching.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of web application (T1190) and supports drive-by compromise via crafted malicious links (T1189).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in lemonadestudio Lemonade Social Networks Autoposter Pinterest lemonade-sna-pinterest-edition allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Lemonade Social Networks Autoposter Pinterest: from n/a through <= 2.0.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2024-56028 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the lemonadestudio Lemonade Social Networks Autoposter Pinterest WordPress plugin (lemonade-sna-pinterest-edition). The issue affects all versions from n/a through 2.0 inclusive, with 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).
The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers over the network with low attack complexity, though it requires user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Successful exploitation enables reflected XSS, potentially allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a changed scope.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/lemonade-sna-pinterest-edition/vulnerability/wordpress-lemonade-social-networks-autoposter-pinterest-plugin-2-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
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