CVE-2024-3972 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Similarity WordPress plugin through 3.0 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00055.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Davidjmiller	Similarity

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:davidjmiller:similarity:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/55dfb9b5-d590-478b-bd1f-d420b79037fa/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-06-14T06:00:03.351Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:26:57.234Z

Reserved: 2024-04-18T19:45:08.041Z

Link: CVE-2024-3972

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:26:57.234Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-14T06:15:12.330

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:30:48.293

Link: CVE-2024-3972

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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