CVE-2024-2729 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Otter Blocks WordPress plugin before 2.6.6 does not properly escape its mainHeadings blocks' attribute before appending it to the final rendered block, allowing contributors to conduct Stored XSS attacks.

Published: 2024-04-18

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Otter Blocks

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.6.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:themeisle:otter_blocks:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00247.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5014f886-020e-49d1-96a5-2159eed8ba14/

History

Thu, 08 May 2025 21:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Themeisle Themeisle otter Blocks
Weaknesses		CWE-79
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:themeisle:otter_blocks::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Themeisle Themeisle otter Blocks

Subscriptions

Themeisle Otter Blocks

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-04-18T05:00:02.373Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T19:25:41.320Z

Reserved: 2024-03-20T12:41:52.548Z

Link: CVE-2024-2729

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T19:25:41.320Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-18T05:15:48.343

Modified: 2025-05-08T20:33:19.430

Link: CVE-2024-2729

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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