CVE-2024-8741
CVSS 3.1 Score 6.1 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Sep 25, 2024
Updated: Oct 2, 2024
CWE ID 79
Summary
CVE-2024-8741 is a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability affecting the Beam me up Scotty – Back to Top Button plugin for WordPress. Versions up to and including 1.0.21 are susceptible to this issue. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by injecting arbitrary web scripts into pages without proper escaping of URLs using the add_query_arg function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute malicious code if they can trick users into taking specific actions like clicking on malicious links.
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