Inline Related Posts Plugin up to 3.6.x on WordPress cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Inline Related Posts Plugin up to 3.6.x on WordPress and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-5626. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Inline Related Posts Plugin up to 3.6.x on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Inline Related Posts WordPress plugin before 3.7.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

The weakness was released by Dmitrii Ignatyev. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-5626 since 06/04/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.7.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Inline Related Posts Plugin 3.7.0

Timelineinfo

06/04/2024 🔍
07/12/2024 +38 days 🔍
07/12/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/19/2025 +249 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Dmitrii Ignatyev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-5626 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-5626
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-271211

Entryinfo

Created: 07/12/2024 10:06
Updated: 03/19/2025 00:30
Changes: 07/12/2024 10:06 (56), 07/13/2024 09:05 (1), 07/25/2024 02:47 (11), 03/19/2025 00:30 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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