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Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Jul 31, 2024 06:00:02 UTC

CVE-2024-6165

The WANotifier WordPress plugin before 2.6.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Base score4.8/ 10
SeverityMediumCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes
Base severityMedium
Attack vectorNetworkAV
Attack complexityLowAC
Privileges requiredHighPR
User interactionRequiredUI
ScopeChangedS
Confidentiality impactLowC
Integrity impactLowI
Availability impactNoneA
CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Record context

CVE Numbering AuthorityWPScan
Last updatedJul 31, 2024 13:58:59 UTC
PublishedJul 31, 2024 06:00:02 UTC
ReservedJun 19, 2024 14:56:08 UTC

Credits

  • Bob Matyas
  • WPScan