AutoListicle Plugin up to 1.2.3 on WordPress cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in AutoListicle Plugin up to 1.2.3 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-11426. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in AutoListicle Plugin up to 1.2.3 on WordPress. This affects an unknown function. 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 AutoListicle: Automatically Update Numbered List Articles plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'auto-list-number' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-11426 since 11/19/2024. 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. 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.

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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• WordPress Plugin

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• AutoListicle Plugin

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• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3

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