CVE-2024-8103
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.4 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Sep 25, 2024
Updated: Sep 30, 2024
CWE ID 79
Summary
CVE-2024-8103 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the WP Category Dropdown plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in all versions up to 1.8, allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts. The 'align' parameter, which is insufficiently sanitized and inadequately escaped, is the entry point for the attack. Successful exploitation results in the execution of arbitrary web scripts whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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