CVE-2024-56060
Published: 02 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-56060 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 in the top 49.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-56060 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the HTML Forms WordPress plugin developed by Link Software LLC. The flaw affects all versions of the html-forms plugin up to and including 1.4.1. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1, reflecting network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, user interaction dependency, changed scope, and low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Remote attackers without privileges can exploit this vulnerability by crafting malicious payloads delivered through reflected inputs on sites running the vulnerable plugin. Exploitation requires tricking a user, such as a site visitor or administrator, into interacting with a malicious link or form submission that triggers the XSS payload in the browser context. With changed scope, successful exploitation allows limited theft or modification of data within the site's security context, such as session tokens or page content, alongside minor denial-of-service potential.
The Patchstack advisory at the provided reference URL documents this Reflected XSS issue specifically in WordPress HTML Forms plugin version 1.4.1, serving as a key resource for mitigation details in the plugin's vulnerability database.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-52958
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Link Software LLC HTML Forms html-forms allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects HTML Forms: from n/a through <= 1.4.1.
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Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in publicly accessible WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of a web-facing application without authentication.
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Mitigating Controls
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Directly requires identifying, reporting, and correcting the specific XSS flaw in the HTML Forms plugin by applying patches beyond version 1.4.1.
Mandates validation of reflected inputs in the HTML Forms plugin to block malicious payloads that enable XSS exploitation.
Requires filtering of reflected form outputs to neutralize XSS scripts before rendering in users' browsers.