CVE-2024-9655

Medium

Published: 01 November 2024

Published

01 November 2024

Modified

07 February 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0017 37.9th percentile

Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-9655 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Kadencewp Gutenberg Blocks With Ai. Its CVSS base score is 6.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 37.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Other Platforms; in the Not Applicable risk domain.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-50076

Vulnerability details

The Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP – Page Builder Features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Icon widget in all versions up to, and including, 6.6.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and…

output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CWE(s): CWE-79

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category: Other Platforms
Risk Domain: Not Applicable
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025: None mapped
Classification Reason: The CVE affects the 'Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP' WordPress plugin, which incorporates AI features into a page builder platform, fitting under 'Other Platforms' as it is not a core ML framework, library, or specialized AI tool.

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

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T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access

An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.

attack.mitre.org →

T1555.003 Credentials from Web Browsers Credential Access

Adversaries may acquire credentials from web browsers by reading files specific to the target browser.

attack.mitre.org →

Why these techniques?

Stored XSS allows injection of arbitrary JavaScript into pages, enabling execution via browser JavaScript interpreter (T1059.007) and theft of browser credentials or session cookies when users view affected pages (T1539, T1555.003).