Description
WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the HTML API in various versions prior to 6.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on URLs. 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.
Published: 2024-06-25
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4358-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6075-1 wordpress security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-47423 WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the HTML API in various versions prior to 6.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on URLs. 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:33:05.534Z

Reserved: 2024-06-25T11:09:22.494Z

Link: CVE-2024-6307

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:33:05.534Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-06-25T11:15:50.820

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-6307

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