CVE-2024-56032
Published: 02 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-56032 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 Drive-by Compromise (T1189); 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
Directly requires validation of all inputs to neutralize malicious scripts, addressing the improper neutralization root cause of this reflected XSS vulnerability.
Mandates filtering and encoding of information output to browsers, preventing execution of injected scripts in reflected XSS attacks.
Requires timely identification, reporting, and remediation of flaws like this XSS vulnerability in the WordPress plugin.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS enables drive-by compromise via malicious links (T1189, T1566.002) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser (T1059.007).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in FolioVision FV Descriptions fv-descriptions allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects FV Descriptions: from n/a through <= 1.4.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2024-56032 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) as classified under CWE-79, in the FolioVision FV Descriptions WordPress plugin (fv-descriptions). This issue affects all versions from n/a through 1.4 inclusive.
The vulnerability 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). Unauthenticated attackers can exploit it remotely with low complexity by tricking users into performing actions such as clicking a malicious link or interacting with reflected input on a vulnerable site. Exploitation allows limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope, typically executing arbitrary scripts in the context of the victim's browser session.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/fv-descriptions/vulnerability/wordpress-fv-descriptions-plugin-1-4-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
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