CVE-2024-13575

Summary

CVE-2024-13575 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability affecting the Web Stories Enhancer plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in all versions up to 1.3, allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts via the 'web_stories_enhancer' shortcode. The lack of proper input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes enables the attacker to execute their code whenever an injected page is accessed. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to websites using this plugin and should be addressed promptly by updating to the latest version or implementing adequate security measures.

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