wp-publications Plugin up to 1.2 on WordPress Filename cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in wp-publications Plugin up to 1.2 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Filename Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-11605. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability was found in wp-publications Plugin up to 1.2 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Filename Handler. 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 wp-publications WordPress plugin through 1.2 does not escape filenames before outputting them back in the page, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

The weakness was disclosed by Zeynalxan Quliyev. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-11605 since 11/21/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (52368). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• wp-publications Plugin

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2

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