CVE-2024-5221 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Qi Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's file uploader in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00148.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Qodeinteractive	Qi Blocks

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:qodeinteractive:qi_blocks:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-46461	The Qi Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's file uploader in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3097241%40qi-blocks%2Ftrunk&old=3094374%40qi-blocks%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bdf00861-e31e-485c-a562-12dba56af1c7?source=cve

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00042}`	epss `{'score': 0.0019}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-06-06T08:33:04.612Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:03:11.116Z

Reserved: 2024-05-22T19:34:51.848Z

Link: CVE-2024-5221

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:03:11.116Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-06T09:15:14.977

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:47:12.847

Link: CVE-2024-5221

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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