CVE-2024-0689

Summary

CVE-2024-0689 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability affecting the Custom Field Suite plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in all versions up to 2.6.4, stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on meta values. Authenticated attackers with administrator-level access can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages. These scripts execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, posing a significant security risk. This vulnerability only impacts multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

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