CVE-2024-9072
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.4 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Oct 10, 2024
Updated: Oct 15, 2024
CWE ID 79
Summary
CVE-2024-9072 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the GDPR-Extensions-com – Consent Manager plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in all versions up to 1.0.0, allows authenticated attackers with Author-level access or higher to upload SVG files with insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Once the malicious SVG file is uploaded, it can inject arbitrary web scripts into affected pages. These scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the affected SVG file, posing a significant security risk.
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