Kadence Gutenberg Blocks Plugin up to 3.2.25 on WordPress Testimonial Widget cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kadence Gutenberg Blocks Plugin up to 3.2.25 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Testimonial Widget. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-1999. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Kadence Gutenberg Blocks Plugin up to 3.2.25 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Testimonial Widget. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks – Page Builder Features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Testimonial Widget's anchor style parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.25 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-1999 since 02/28/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Vendor

• Kadence

Name

• Gutenberg Blocks Plugin

Version

• 3.2.0
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3
• 3.2.4
• 3.2.5
• 3.2.6
• 3.2.7
• 3.2.8
• 3.2.9
• 3.2.10
• 3.2.11
• 3.2.12
• 3.2.13
• 3.2.14
• 3.2.15
• 3.2.16
• 3.2.17
• 3.2.18
• 3.2.19
• 3.2.20
• 3.2.21
• 3.2.22
• 3.2.23
• 3.2.24
• 3.2.25

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