CVE-2024-8915
CVSS 3.1 Score 6.4 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Oct 12, 2024
Updated: Oct 15, 2024
CWE ID 79
Summary
CVE-2024-8915 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Category Icon plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in all versions up to 1.0.0, allows authenticated attackers with Author-level access and above to upload malicious SVG files. The plugin fails to adequately sanitize and escape input, resulting in the injection of arbitrary web scripts in pages. The exploitation of this vulnerability occurs whenever a user accesses the affected SVG file, potentially leading to unintended execution of malicious code.
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