CVE-2024-9590 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 1.0.0. This flaw stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, allowing authenticated attackers with editor-level or higher permissions to inject malicious web scripts. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.8 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring high privileges and user interaction, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. It primarily affects multi-site WordPress installations or those with unfiltered_html disabled. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aftabhusain:category_and_taxonomy_meta_fields:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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