CVE-2024-3344

Summary

CVE-2024-3344: The Otter Blocks plugin for WordPress, used as a page builder in the Gutenberg Editor and FSE, is found to have a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This issue, affecting versions up to 2.6.8, allows authenticated attackers with author-level access or higher to upload malicious SVG files. The plugin fails to properly sanitize and escape the input, resulting in the execution of arbitrary web scripts on injected pages. This poses a significant risk for websites utilizing this plugin, with potential consequences including data theft, unauthorized access, and site defacement.

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