CVE-2024-9548
CVSS 3.1 Score 6.1 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Oct 15, 2024
Updated: Oct 17, 2024
CWE ID 79
Summary
CVE-2024-9548 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the SlimStat Analytics plugin for WordPress. Versions up to and including 5.2.6 are vulnerable to this issue. The flaw is caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping when logging visitor requests. As a result, unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts, which will then execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, posing a significant security risk.
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Affected Vendors
- WP-Slimstat