CVE-2024-5536

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.4 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Jun 5, 2024
Updated: Jun 11, 2024
CWE ID 79

Summary

CVE-2024-5536 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the GamiPress – Link plugin for WordPress. The issue, present in all versions up to 1.1.4, stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the gamipress_link shortcode. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts, which will be executed whenever a user accesses an injected page, posing a significant security risk.

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