Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields Plugin up to 1.0.0 on WordPress cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields Plugin up to 1.0.0 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-9589. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields Plugin up to 1.0.0 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. 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 Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'new_meta_name' parameter in the 'wpaft_option_page' function in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrator-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-9589 since 10/07/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. 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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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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10/07/2024 🔍
10/22/2024 +15 days 🔍
10/22/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/03/2025 +132 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-9589 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-9589
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-281476

Entryinfo

Created: 10/22/2024 07:50
Updated: 03/03/2025 10:51
Changes: 10/22/2024 07:50 (51), 10/22/2024 11:43 (12), 03/03/2025 10:51 (3)
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