Stored cross-site scripting in Grid Accordion Lite plugin for WordPress



Risk Low
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-11874
CWE-ID CWE-79
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Grid Accordion
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor bqworks

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Stored cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU105905

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11874

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "grid_accordion" shortcode. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Grid Accordion: 1.5 - 1.5.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/grid-accordion-lite/tags/1.5.1/public/class-accordion-renderer.php#L172
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/grid-accordion-lite/tags/1.5.1/public/class-grid-accordion.php#L310
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/grid-accordion-lite/tags/1.5.1/public/class-grid-accordion.php#L445
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/grid-accordion-lite/tags/1.5.1/public/class-grid-accordion.php#L98
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7fc20069-5c1d-481a-b0fd-6f29ed6b41ee?source=cve


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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