CVE-2024-6651
Published: 06 August 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-6651 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Iptanus Wordpress File Upload. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 4.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
The CVE-2024-6651 vulnerability is a reflected cross-site scripting flaw in the WordPress File Upload plugin before version 4.24.8. The plugin fails to sanitize and escape a parameter before reflecting it back in page output, corresponding to CWE-79 and carrying a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.1.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply a crafted request that triggers script execution when a high-privilege user such as an administrator follows the resulting link, achieving limited impacts on confidentiality and integrity within the victim's session.
The issue was published through WPScan with the advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/65e2c77d-09bd-4a44-81d9-d7a5db0e0f84/. The associated EPSS score remains flat at 0.1852.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-47708
Vulnerability details
The WordPress File Upload WordPress plugin before 4.24.8 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.