CVE-2024-8990
CVSS 3.1 Score 6.4 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Oct 1, 2024
Updated: Oct 4, 2024
CWE ID 79
Summary
CVE-2024-8990 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Geo Mashup plugin for WordPress. The flaw, present in all versions up to and including 1.13.13, stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the geo_mashup_visible_posts_list shortcode. This weakness enables authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts. These scripts will execute whenever a user visits an injected page, posing a significant security risk.
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