plethoraplugins Plethora Plugins Tabs and Accordions Plugin up to 1.1.8 on WordPress anchor cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in plethoraplugins Plethora Plugins Tabs and Accordions Plugin up to 1.1.8 on WordPress. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation of the argument anchor leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-13721. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in plethoraplugins Plethora Plugins Tabs and Accordions Plugin up to 1.1.8 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument anchor with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-85. The web application does not filter user-controlled input for executable script disguised using doubling of the involved characters. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Plethora Plugins Tabs + Accordions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the anchor parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.8 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 published by Nirmal. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-13721 since 01/24/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is 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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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CNA Base Score: 6.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-85 / CWE-79 / CWE-94
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Researcher: Nirmal
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-13721 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-13721
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-293420

Entryinfo

Created: 01/25/2025 07:37
Changes: 01/25/2025 07:37 (64)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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