Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-10584

CVE-2024-10584:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The DirectoryPress – Business Directory And Classified Ad Listing plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-10584) that affects all versions up to and including 3.6.16. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with the initial disclosure on December 24, 2024 (NVD CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in SVG file upload functionality. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The weakness is categorized as CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type) (NVD CVE).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers with author-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file. The impact is heightened when DirectoryPress Frontend is installed, as it enables exploitation by unauthenticated users (NVD CVE).

Mitigation and workarounds

A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to versions after 3.6.16 to mitigate the risk (WordPress Patch).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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