CVE-2024-11690

Summary

CVE-2024-11690 is a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Financial Stocks & Crypto Market Data Plugin for WordPress. Versions up to and including 1.10.3 are susceptible to this issue. The vulnerability arises due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'e' parameter. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this flaw by injecting arbitrary web scripts, which are executed if a user is tricked into performing a specific action, such as clicking on a malicious link. Successful exploitation can lead to code injection and unauthorized access to user data. Users are strongly advised to update their plugins to the latest version to mitigate this risk.

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