CVE-2024-0656

CVSS 3.1 Score 4.4 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Feb 29, 2024

Summary

CVE-2024-0656 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Password Protected – Ultimate Plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in all versions up to 2.6.6, allows authenticated attackers with admin-level access to inject arbitrary web scripts. The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Google Captcha Site Key feature. This problem only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled, putting these specific WordPress sites at risk.

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