CVE-2024-56296
Published: 07 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-56296 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 JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 39.2th 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).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-56296 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Mang Board WP plugin for WordPress developed by Kitae Park. This issue affects the plugin from unknown initial versions through version 1.8.4 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), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction such as visiting a malicious link. Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated or unauthenticated users into interacting with crafted input reflected in web pages, achieving arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser context with changed scope and low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation details are available in advisories such as the Patchstack database entry at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/mangboard/vulnerability/wordpress-mang-board-wp-plugin-1-8-4-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-53093
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Kitae Park Mang Board WP mangboard allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Mang Board WP: from n/a through <= 1.8.4.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS directly enables arbitrary JavaScript execution in the browser (T1059.007) and is typically delivered via malicious links requiring user interaction (T1566.002).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Requires filtering of information prior to output on web pages, directly preventing reflected XSS by neutralizing malicious JavaScript in user-supplied input.
Mandates validation of all information inputs to the system, blocking malformed or malicious payloads that enable reflected XSS exploitation.
Ensures timely identification, reporting, and remediation of flaws like this XSS vulnerability in the Mang Board WP plugin through patching.