virgial Bootstrap Blocks for WP Editor v2 Plugin up to 2.5.0 on WordPress cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in virgial Bootstrap Blocks for WP Editor v2 Plugin up to 2.5.0 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-12495. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in virgial Bootstrap Blocks for WP Editor v2 Plugin up to 2.5.0 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:

The Bootstrap Blocks for WP Editor v2 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'gtb-bootstrap/column' block in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

The weakness was presented by Djaidja Moundjid. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-12495 since 12/11/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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CNA Base Score: 6.4
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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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Timelineinfo

12/11/2024 🔍
01/07/2025 +27 days 🔍
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02/15/2025 +39 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Researcher: Djaidja Moundjid
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-12495 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-12495
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-290438

Entryinfo

Created: 01/07/2025 08:06
Updated: 02/15/2025 12:57
Changes: 01/07/2025 08:06 (64), 01/07/2025 12:24 (1), 02/15/2025 12:57 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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