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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in catssoft CATS Job Listings Plugin up to 2.0.9 on WordPress. This affects the function catsone of the component Shortcode Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-13577. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in catssoft CATS Job Listings Plugin up to 2.0.9 on WordPress. This affects the function catsone of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The CATS Job Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'catsone' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.9 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.

The weakness was presented by Peter Thaleikis. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-13577 since 01/21/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• catssoft

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• CATS Job Listings Plugin

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• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.7
• 2.0.8
• 2.0.9

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